[alfa] Adjusting timing on an 86 Spider

[Kevin Redden <kredden@xxxxxxxxx>]

All,

I had the oil pump in my 86 spider out recently and must have turned the 
distributor a bit and didn't notice until everything was all buttoned up 
and it didn't start.  Not wanting to drop the oil pan again (and my 
fresh batch of Mobil-1) I took the distributor out and rotated rotor it 
to the mark on the distributor after getting the engine to approximate 
TDC using the screwdriver method (will us the full stop method mentioned 
a while back on the list to get a more accurate set later).  After doing 
this I saw that the distributor was about 45 degrees off so I double 
nutted the annoying shear bold on the pinch bracket so I could turn it.  
Reinstalled it and was able to start the engine again.  It seems to run 
pretty smoothly.

After the long winded prelude my question is this: How does one set the 
timing on an 86 Spider?  The shop manual mentions that it should be 11 
+-1 degrees BTDC at 950 +-50 RPMs and also says to not turn the 
distributor or face serious consequences.  Being that I did rather gross 
adjustments just to get it running again by violating the warning I 
wanted to verify that I'm within spec but if I'm not how do I adjust 
it?  I searched the digest archives in vain, saw a couple similar 
questions to mine but no responses on list.

Thanks,
Kevin
86 Spider
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