timing marks

npca-honda guy · Post by **npca-honda guy** » Mon May 26, 2003 11:25 pm

Hey everyone! I just got my patrol last week and have been busy getting it up and running. I have hit a snag though, I have four timing notches on the crank pulley but I can't find out which one is 10 degrees BTDC. I have it set on the most advanced on at the moment and it runs good, but I don't want to overheat the motor if this is not the correct notch. Does anyone know which one to use? What are the others?

npca-danetteandkeith · Tue May 27, 2003 12:31 am

HondaGuy, According to the tune up section of my manual the marks (facing the pulley) (left to right) are 0-5-10-15-20. Set 10 degs @ 450 rpm. 450 rpm is too slow for my engine so I idled it back up after checking the timing. Also don't forget to unhook your vacuum advance and plug the port while checking your timing. This is also a good time to use a vaccum guage (or your mouth) to see if the vacuum advance is working. Keith

npca-dueler · Post by **npca-dueler** » Wed May 28, 2003 11:47 pm

firs one is 20. last one is 0 degrees when you see them in fornt of the car the 20 is on your rigth. 10 is in center set 12 degrees beter_________________________________________________________________Charla con tus amigos en lnea mediante MSN Messenger: http://messenger.yupimsn.com/

npca-vike · Post by **npca-vike** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:52 pm

and confusion reigns supreme.. So I am standing on the bumper looking down at the four notches on the wall of the crank pully. Is the one furthest to my right zero degrees - and the one to furthest to my left 20 degrees - or the other way around??? If I time my engine at 10 degrees before tdc using my dial-in timing light and the mark furthest to my right as zero degrees (chalked etc), the engine seems to run quite well. I have left it that way for now but would like to know I was right. My manual does not even mention the marks.

npca-danetteandkeith · Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:36 pm

If you are standing on the bumper looking down they are left to right 0-5-10-15-20 according to my manual. If yours runs best where you have it then leave it there. Some people set them by ear. As long as it is not too advanced it should be fine. Keith

npca-vike · Post by **npca-vike** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 1:44 am

Thanks but how do you get 5 timing positions out of four marks?

npca-danetteandkeith · Fri Oct 10, 2003 8:47 pm

oops! I shouldn't have put 20 on there. They are 0-5-10-15. Keith