280zx2by2

if not do i need to go up or down(advance or retarted)

Mhinrichs

Ok first off, wow no video skillz.

Second the marks should line up. the one on the plate with the center of the other.

Third, yes it will advance when you rev it. Beauty of computer controlled ignition. For what its worth.

Make sure you are at proper idle when you time it also. Then go buy a haynes manual so you don't have to ask stupid questions and make us watch crappy video.

EDIT: I just realized that was kinda harsh. I got low blood sugar.

280zx2by2

well i have a pos chiltons that couldnt tell me strait to me how to do it so i refer to you guys


ok so is this set right?


EDIT:
its ok you are the one i pissed off about the cracked window right so i deserve it

Mhinrichs

ok so your timing light has advance on it. So if you set your light to say 20degrees before tdc and your car is timed right it will show up right at the zero. Then if you set your light to say 0 the marks will be at the 20. Make sense? It is to make life easier. I`m going fishing now. Be back tuesday or sunday. whenever i feel like it.

280zx2by2

ok so i set the gun a 20 deg. and alighn the marks and im done... cool...

thanks man...

Mhinrichs

the marks will align at zero if you set the gun to 20 degree. Also is that what the n/a is supposed to be set at? I was just using that as an example.

NismoPick

The n/a motor should be set @ 8 degrees stock. 20-24 degrees for the turbo motor.

280zx2by2

**** i just got done and set it at 20....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so i just go back set the gun to 8 and macth up? then set the idle to 850 or something like that?

is this right cause i thought i was done.....

NismoPick

To set the timing properly on an n/a you need to disconnect the vacuum advance on the distributor. Then, set timing to 8 degrees & lock down the 10mm distrib bolts. You are done.

280zx2by2

AHH ****!!!!!!!! JUST WENT OUT TO FIX IT,TRIED TO UNSCREW IT AND THE BOTTON ADJSUTMENT PIECE CRACKED OFF!!!!! ****... i have no idea what to do to fix this...

god dam old bolts stiping off... im not blaming Mhinrichs but ****!!!


i tried to tap a new hole and did it on the wrong side so i did the other and i thought ot was going to hold....

why oh why pick you are usually early to help people with the right info but you have failed me today....

280zx2by2

ok how do i fix this?.. im not getting a new dizzy so im gonna have getto rig this somehow.... im thinking jbweld or hell i could just have a self adjusting dizzy.....

ahh hell im still pissed... to get a reman dizzy from blackdragon do you HAVE to send them a core or can yo just buy one?

NismoPick

Dude... what in the hell?

Did you tighten the shiz out of that bolt or what? Call a junkyard & get one on the cheap.

duowing

The bolt for tightening down the dizzy broke on me before anything else. I've learned my lesson, if the bolts are relatively small I hand tighten them with a screwdriver, and use one hand. Or in the case of the distributor adjustment bolts, I tighten them until there's resistance and the distributor won't move, and then maybe a quarter to half turn more. You must have tightened the crap out of it like nismo said, and that was probably holding it together.

280zx2by2

thanks duowing.. i had to make a metal bracket, drill a hole in it and use jbweld to secrue it and it feels solid... solid enough that i dont have to start looking for a new dizzy...

ok for the last time i

#1 warm the car to Normal operating temp
#2 take the vacuum advance off the dizzy(do i clog the hole or leave it open?)
#3 set my light to 8 deg.
#4 match up the marks
#5 tighten the bolt on the dizzy(ever so cautiously)
#6 put the vacuum advance back on
#7 hope my jbweld repair dosent break

sound right?

Niku-Sama

i wouldnt worry about your jb weld breaking, theres hardly any force when the car is running that would move your distributer.

the bolt head was super glued on mine and when i went to losen it with a nut driver it just popped off, i havent done any thing about it and it doesent move from where i have it set

duckyz

Ah yes..... the "monkey twist".

280zx2by2

i wish i could show you guys how i fixed it cause im so proud of the repair...

however im not proud of the reason that i had to do the repair....

CWHammer

You really need to go here: http://www.xenons130.com/ and download the FSM he has for reference purposes. You will save yourself a whole lot of trouble.

280zx2by2

i will one day...

280zx2by2

ok im downloading the FSM right now but i need some help...

the 10mm bolt came lose some time thats why im here again... sorry

steps...

#1 warm the car to Normal operating temp
#2 take the vacuum advance off the dizzy, clog hole
#3 set my light to 8 deg.
#4 match up the marks?????????
#5 tighten the bolt on the dizzy(ever so cautiously)
#6 put the vacuum advance back on
#7 hope my jbweld repair dosent break

i have a question with #4, what are the marks i match up if i have my timing light set to 8 degrees?

KasbeKZ

0. if your light is set at 8, the mark on the crank should match up with 0 on the little bracket gauge thing

snwbrderphat540

on the crank pully theres a slot in the outer rim, mark that with white out. then find the little guage on the block of the Z right abouve the crank pulley on the passneger side and it will have a 0* 10* and 20* marks with ticks inbetween them i believe. mark the 0* with white out and the 8* with white out (just in case) then match up the flashing white mark on the crank with the white mark on the guage at the 0* tick AFTER you unplug the VAC advance and set the gun to 8* or if you leave the gun set at 0* line teh flashing whit mark on the pulley with the 8* mark on the guage you marked white. then CAREFULLY seat the bolts so the dizy doesnt move then re-check the timing. mark sure the car is idling at the right speed also. ok tard?


also that piece you broke off is just a base mount, its completly replaceable on the NA motor since the NA dizzy's have that little spacer between them and the block itself. so you didnt have to JB weld it i probably coulda sold you a replacement one lol

280zx2by2

ok... so...

i have a white mark at *8 , not *0(sorry swn its easier this way)
i do all the oter crap
set my gun to *0 or *8???
then i align the painted *8 mark with the notch on the crank

sorry i is a tard.... do i set the gun to *0 or *8 if i have a mark at the *8 mark on my car?

again sorry for my ignorance...

snwbrderphat540

if you got the 8* marked and thats the reference point you want to use set the gun to 0* i explained that in the post dude... doesnt take a NASA scientist to do this lol

280zx2by2

sorry is no sientust BTW thanks