Overheating.... Sorta

I'm telling y'all I don't have a disc that has any marks idk if someone painted over if it's a knock off or just gone but there aren't any marks

 

I wonder if he has one of those balancers that had the marks printed on a tape (that went missing)?

 

Even the ones with tape have marks so that the Chinese slaves know where to put the sticker.

 

Got it I took a wire brush to it and there are some marks I'll keep cleaning it

 

Good show.

 

had a lot of trouble finding the marks on my 76 460 damper....they were extremely faint...might take some cleanup to discover them...might need to toggle the motor around a little to get them in a good viewing spot.

 

Clean the marks as much as you can then rub some soap stone over it and lightly dust it of, the marks should stand out.

 

And what fleet sailor is gonna have a chunk of soapstone, save for a Hull Maintenance Tech?
Just buy a bottle of Wite-Out and mark 0* and your base timing (6*?). Then just make sure the pointer is clean and not bent up.

 

Just trying to help make the marks stand out. White paint pen works great and lasts after they are located.

 

I know...but I first said "Who the hell owns a stick of soapstone?" Then I remembered McTaggart was a carrier sailor, but I didn't know his rating, so that's why I put in the quip about HTs, who do the welding aboard Naval vessels. I'm just being annoying today, post-eclipse....

 

Sounds like you watched the eclipse, fell asleep, rolled over and got your ass burnt, everyone has a bad day from time to time, just be glad that you were on your belly and there were no Sea Gulls around. Lol.

 

Everyone who works with electric motors as a start. Soapstone is used to clean the armatures.
Also any one with a serious polishing/grinding set.

 

Oh, yeah, electric motors. Shows you just how long it's been since I was in a motor shop, oh mid-'89.

I don't 'sun' myself; my cardiac meds make me photosensitive.

 

So what should the timing be set to

 

What engine? Your profile doesn't list it.

 

Better yet, if you have the distributor tag (if it's factory), I can give you the complete profile. Then you can search for a shop with a distributor machine.

 

What is your compression and cam, what do you want, performance, fuel economy, or emmisions?
Unless you don't care about performance;
Your total timing will be somewhere between 35 and 42 degrees, depending on build and application.
Your base timing will be whatever it ends up as once total timing is set. The base timing can then be altered, if desired by modifying the distributor.

 

I have a 351c not too sure what cam specs or compression I have I just want it to run without overheating right now after that I'm happy I'm gonna bs pulling the engine out and rebuilding it but I'll cross that bridge after deployment now I just want to make sure it will run and drive good before I drain everything and pop her on jack stands for a year

 

In that case, set it to 8-10 BTDC at idle with the vacuum advance disconnected and plugged.
Save the tuning for later.