Timing Adjustment
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Timing Adjustment
Hello, I recently purchased a 89' f-250 regular cab longbox 4x4. It has an injected 460 and a zf5.
It runs real good and I have been getting 12 mpg in town driving easy, which I am happy with but there is always room for improvement.
I have been reading up on the "6 litre tune up" and the only question I have is how to advance the timing. I have had older trucks and I can time them but when I loosen the clamp on this 460, I cannot get the distributor to turn. What am I doing wrong?
It runs real good and I have been getting 12 mpg in town driving easy, which I am happy with but there is always room for improvement.
I have been reading up on the "6 litre tune up" and the only question I have is how to advance the timing. I have had older trucks and I can time them but when I loosen the clamp on this 460, I cannot get the distributor to turn. What am I doing wrong?
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You aren't doing anything wrong.. The distributor is just stuck, spray the heck out of it where it goes into the engine and keep trying to turn it a little at a time... If you get to move any just start going back and forth, it will free up a little better that way....
Don't forget to pull the spout connector when you get ready to set the timing...
Don't forget to pull the spout connector when you get ready to set the timing...
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