[AT] timing a cub

[Lew Best]

Ok; got back to the little forklift today; pulled a dummy stunt.  Got
the distributor back in; lined up the rotor for the "supposedly" number
1 plug wire & still timed it with a test light. Wouldn't spit, pop,
nothing!  Re-checked everything several times, then realized (& bad as I
hate to admit it; done it before) I was using the front (of the
forklift) plug as #1 but since the engine faces backwards (fan to the
back) I was using #4 for timing; not #1.  once I got that corrected it
popped a little; had changed the fuel filter & the new one (clear) looks
like there may be a little water in the system.  Soooooooo that's
tomorrow's project; drain everything & take the carb apart; probably
could use a good cleaning anyway.

One more question tho after the timing mess-up; IIRC the firing order is
1-4-3-2; is this correct?  Just wanna make sure I didn't get that messed
up! 

Lew
 
-----Original Message-----


Thanks George

This engine is in a Yale forklift actually; it is electric start but may
have been converted from magneto; I really don't know.  Just has a real
"flat spot" trying to accelerate; want to be sure timing is right before
messing with the carburetor.  Centrifugal advance seems to be working
ok; I took the distributor out & apart for a good cleaning; will go from
there.

Lew
 
-----Original Message-----
 
Static time it exactly on TDC.  The centrifugal advance will take it
from
there.  Obviously, since you have only one timing notch your engine was
built with a magneto but you can time a distributor the same way if your
engine has been converted.  The other mark if present is used with a
light
but the light isn't really necessary.

George Willer

 

 

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