All,I thought my starter was going out this weekend, as it wouldn't turn the engine over. The starter I have is probably the wrong part, about 1" longer than the correct one, and I have to remove the distributer to get the starter out. When I went to remove the distributer, it was loose! I am now wondering exactly what kind of timing I've been running with! The starter was NOT bad, it was the battery, so I put it back in and went through the motions of setting static timing after replacing the distributer. Here are some questions: 1. The I&T manual says to set the flywheel at the 32 degree BTDC mark then rotate the fully advanced distributer until the points just start opening. The last mark on my flywheel is at 30 degrees. I set my timing at about 28 or 29 degrees, so I am slightly retarded. OK? 2. Before this, the tractor would get pretty hot mowing with a 5' heavy duty brush hog in 90 degree weather. After setting this timing, I mowed for a couple of hours and the needle never got past the "R" in "RUN" (lower middle of the gauge) but the ambient temperature was in the upper 70s. Could it be running cooler because of the timing, or was it the difference in ambient temperature? How do most of you set the timing on your Continental engines? Thanks, Larry in Missouri
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