Timing a possessed Cougar.
Reply #37 –
Ok do you have a stock FORD DIZZY. Seriously i cant tell what you are running as i cant follow some of your posts. So do you have a STOCK DIZZY. And if so disconnect that MSD. I have a cart with a couple of them at the shop and that is as far as they go. The stock Ignition system is totally adequate for just about every application you can think of. One thing i learned when i was young is most aftermarket stuff SUCKS. So with that i would pull plug #1 pass side front. And bring the damper up to TDC. Use a long skinny screw driver in the plug hole and rock the damper back and forth with a breaker bar. You will feel the screwdriver come up and down. When the screwdriver comes out the furthest that is app TDC. I am affraid if you try to use the positive stop method you might mess up. When you had your heads off you should have plotted TRUE TDC. As mentioned above the dampers on fords can spin. The inertia ring has a nasty habit of doing this. Also what is with code retrieval. Can you pull codes??? Just curious!!!