Stupid Distributor Questions

George R said
Redfast,
I will look in the service manual tonight after work, but if these procedures are not in the manual, I'm afraid I will not understand how to adjust the drop. I know what needs to be "adjusted" to change the float level, but not what to do for float drop. Thanks for the explaination.

3404speedvaliant,
I played around with a spare vacuum advance can I have using my vacuum pump and it seems to me that the allen adjustment screw didn't change the amount of vacuum advance, it seemed to change the amount of vacuum required to get it to move. Am I wrong?

George

George, thats just it see your engine only makes so much vacuum so....
it makes sense that the more you tighten the vac advance adjustment the more vacuum would be required to get the full amount so therefore you engines vacuum being only so much can only pull so much against the vac canister spring. thats the idea creating more tension so that engine vacuum can only move the spring so much.
So put away your pump and start checking it with your timing light trial and error.
OK?