JoeAirPort
Posts: 7315
Joined: 8/11/2003 From: Milwaukee,
WI, USA Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: JoeAirPort I would like to know how to check the timing. Remove the plug, put a screwdriver in the plug hole, turn the engine over slowly to find TDC. You'll feel the piston come up, stop, then go down, but right at TDC there's about 10* that you don't feel any up and down, split that for TDC. Once you have TDC look at the magnet on the prop drive, it's on the backside of the prop drive closest to the crankcase. There should be about 3/8" between the magnet's edge closest to the sensor and the sensor. If you have that it's timed correctly. 3.14xD/360x28 will give you the exact distance for 28* BTC timing, between the sensor and the rear of the magnet. D=the diameter of the circle that the rear of the magnet follows. Thanks, I will check this tonight. Also I'll replace the plug while I'm at it. The engine has been run pretty rich and I may have a slightly fouled plug.
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