Re: valve and ignition timing

["Thomas Moll" <moltek@domain.elided>]

Ed,

You are not the first to encounter this problem and thankfully the Italian
engineers have provided a simple solution. If you take the distributor out
and look closely at the coupling you will notice that there is a coiled
spring wire wrapped around it in a machined grove. The spring wire is there
to keep the pin that holds the coupling to the shaft from sliding out and
once you gently remove it from the grove you can push out the pin holding
the coupling onto the shaft and simply rotate it 180 degrees. Voila!

Have fun
Thomas Moll
Seattle, WA


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed & Marsha Prytherch" <mred2u@domain.elided>
To: <alfa@domain.elided>
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 8:34 PM
Subject: valve and ignition timing


> I am rebuilding my 79 spider engine. I have timed the cams with a degree
> disc attached in place of the flywheel, but the distributor is 180 degrees
> out. The coupling on the end of the distributor shaft seems to prevent it
> from being rotated through 180. Can I just rotate the distributor cap
> through 180 or do I have to re-do the valve timing?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ed Prytherch, Columbia SC
> 73 GTV
> 79 Spider
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