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Timing a Deere

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John W.

03-27-2002 17:17:30




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Clooney, How do you set the timing on a John Deere? I have a 60 and a 720 gas.




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Clooney

03-27-2002 17:43:28




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 Re: Timing a Deere in reply to John W., 03-27-2002 17:17:30  
John, do you have a timing light? There are a couple of ways to set the timing, if you have a light I will post that way as it is the best for precision. If you don't I will post the full retard way. Let me know....



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John W.

03-27-2002 17:46:35




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 Re: Re: Timing a Deere in reply to Clooney, 03-27-2002 17:43:28  
Clooney, yes I do have timing light. Thanks again



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Clooney

03-27-2002 18:05:17




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 Re: Re: Re: Timing a Deere in reply to John W., 03-27-2002 17:46:35  
John, they both are set to 20* btdc.
~Remove the little timing cover from the top of the flywheel cover then hook your timing light to the battery (or battery charger if the light leads are too short), then hook your pickup lead to the #1 cylinder plug wire (L/H) side, then warm the tractor & while at fast idle (WOT) point the light in the timing hole & loosen the distributor & rotate until 20* shows in the center of the window.
~If you can't read the 20* mark you might have to clean the flywheel with brake clean or other solvent to read the numbers (I use a little yellow paint to highlight the numbers so they show up better).
~If the light won't flash (mine won't) you will probably have to install a short piece of resistor plug wire from a modern car between the tractor plug wire & spark plug, then clip the light on that wire (the Deere wires are solid core & won't create a strong enough induction to fire some induction type lights) ..... ....

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