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Re: Timing a IH 140 - best method
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Posted by Hugh MacKay on February 23, 2007 at 11:28:51 from (209.226.106.25):
In Reply to: Timing a IH 140 - best method posted by Nawlens Gator on February 23, 2007 at 08:38:22:
nawlens: I've been timing these little offsets by ear close to 50 years now. If you listen closely they will tell you when it's exactly right. Everywhere I go, folks remark about how well my tractor sound, how well they start and how well they pull. I don't even know where the timing marks are on my tractors. I just make sure they are TDC compression, put the distributor in with rotor pointing to no. 1 on cap. I expect you can achive the same with that elec ign. You probably wont get it exactly right the first time, but you probably wouldn't with the timing light either. I guess it depends on which sence is the sharpest hearing or sight.
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