Originally posted by Stu Cool


Your total timing is the key. If you back the timing down to 4 BTDC or even 0 does the knock go away?

PAt
Hi Pat,
Total timing is set at 8 BTDC, (w/o vacuum advance hooked up) which might be a bit much as an initial advance. And yes, the engine was rotated and I guess I set the cylinders at the right time, too, otherwise it probably wouldn't run at all, and when it's running it sounds to me to be set nicely, sounds just like it should sound, with just a slight irregularity, as I have a mechanical fuel pump without a pressure-check. But it doesn't sound as if a cylinder was missing, and I have now audible valve-train noise. I'll just have a check on 4 or 6 BTDC, on 0 I didn't get it to run, it fired, but never started. but possibly that's my carb set wrong. I'll just have to play about a bit. Thanks a lot for your help, I really appreciate that, CU,
Max