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| RE: Galaxie 500: info and ideas please? |
| By Travis Miller - 08/19/2003 8:18:39 PM; IP 152.163.253.68 |
The high timing reading sounds like the outer ring on the balancer has slipped. Forget the timing light. Put a wrench in the car and go for a drive. Advance the timing till it detonates then back it down.
If you want to check the balancer you need to make a piston stop. Take a non-fouler spark plug adapter and thread a long bolt into it so that it will go deep enough into the cylinder to touch the piston. Cut off the head of the bolt and use a grinder to round off the tip. Next remove all the spark plugs so the engine can be turned over BY HAND. Thread the piston stop into number 1 cylinder spark plug hole. Turn the engine over BY HAND until the piston touches the piston stop. Mark the balancer where the timing pointer is aiming. Then turn the engine back the other direction BY HAND until it again touches the piston stop. Again mark the balancer where the timing pointer aims. Halfway between these marks will be exactly top dead center on number one cylinder. This is a way to see if the outer ring on a balancer has slipped.
After checking any balancer I always paint a small stripe on both the outer ring and center hub. This way I can tell if the outer ring ever slips. |
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