I have a 60 from an estate, hasn't ran for a few years, supposedly drove in the lean to and shut it off. I drained the old gas from tank, sediment bowl and carb. Added new plugs, wires, dist cap, points, and condenser. Turns over and will occasionally do an explosion of a backfire. I've come to think the timing is off. Do these jump timing on their own? Distributer doesn't appear to ever have been tampered with from the coating of caked on very old grease.
But I did note that the distributor is pointing up with the coil wire pointing at about 2 o'clock or so. Which according to others I have seen seems odd.
Pulled the valve cover, both valves on the flywheel side are shut (pushrods will spin) and the TDC is visible through the hole in the flywheel shround and here is where the rotor is pointing.
I think it should be pointing up to fire on the top spark plug wire and would just change it except for my thinking the distributer has never been moved and it was at one time running this way. Am I missing something or looking at something wrong? I would greatly appreciate any ideas or help. If this was a small block Chevy it would be easy
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But I did note that the distributor is pointing up with the coil wire pointing at about 2 o'clock or so. Which according to others I have seen seems odd.
Pulled the valve cover, both valves on the flywheel side are shut (pushrods will spin) and the TDC is visible through the hole in the flywheel shround and here is where the rotor is pointing.
I think it should be pointing up to fire on the top spark plug wire and would just change it except for my thinking the distributer has never been moved and it was at one time running this way. Am I missing something or looking at something wrong? I would greatly appreciate any ideas or help. If this was a small block Chevy it would be easy
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