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     Phil Shayer Yet to post message Username: phil_shayer Post Number: 1 Registered: 12-2011 |
Hi, after having the twin distributor belt mysteriously spontaneously turn into something you could weave into a new jumper on a spinning wheel whilst my Turbo R sat innocently in the garage unused I proceeded to replace it. Now my car(Sedrik)is running like a bag of spanners and suspect timing or even a fractured rotor arm during my hasty refitting. To eliminate potential timing problem I cant seem to locate any adjustment ? help please? also, I had difficulty owing to argumentative belt notches, getting the two rotors to align at the tdc mark perfectly and resolved to one being a slightly out... could this also be the culprit(notches wouldn't allow accurate alignment and is a genuine RR part)? Getting black on boxing day was not my idea of a what was supposed to be a pleasure drive into Byron bay for coffee in my otherwise utterly perfect running Sedrik (also looking for a buyer) | ||
| Udo Hoffmüller Frequent User Username: udo Post Number: 80 Registered: 2-2008 |
Perhaps does it help to find the correct position?  Regards - Udo | ||
| Paul Yorke Grand Master Username: paul_yorke Post Number: 839 Registered: 6-2006 |
Check plug leads are on correctly and in order. You can slip a small bit of plastic (wd40 tube) or bit of matchstick between the belt and the teeth and then rotate it. This usually moves the arm along one tooth. | ||
| Phil Shayer New User Username: phil_shayer Post Number: 2 Registered: 12-2011 |
Thank you for your help... I thought the problem was one of the rotor arms but replaced it, it appears not. They don't line up exactly regardless of which tooth I move it to. I do however find that the number 1(the belted side A1 A4 B3 B2) runs the car on those 4 cylinders... however, number 2 distributor now doesn't fire? when the belt was broken, the car ran on this (direct driven)side of course, and prior to the belt breaking the car ran perfectly...?? seems odd... | ||
| Phil Shayer New User Username: phil_shayer Post Number: 3 Registered: 12-2011 |
Ah... fixed... it seems that TDC marker is miss-positioned? Odd but who am I to argue? Is this the 20 degrees referred to?? I rotated the whole distributor (unbolted) on its axis and the other side caught up and ran fine! So I removed the whole unit and rotated the two rotors on their axis by one tooth anti clockwise and presto! |
