Installed an electronic distributor on my slant and now I can get enough advance to set the timing. The bracket with the two slots is at maximum adjustment. Am I missing a blinding flash of the obvious?
Did you mean to say "cannot get enough advance"?
A slant distributor is very adjustable. Before buggering with the lower slotted bracket, try setting it in on a different drive gear tooth. Note that the rotor spins as you lower it down, so apply windage.
There are two bolts for that hold-down bracket. You have the top bolt you use for adjusting the distributor on the motor and then a bolt on the bottom you can adjust when the distributor is out. Pull the distributor back out and adjust the bottom bolt.
So with the bolt on the block bottomed out loosening the bolt on the body will give me more adjustment? I actually need to retard the timing to at least 5 degrees BTDC
I was actually about to bring up the distributor wrench. But I can access both my adjustment bolts with a 3/8 ratchet and socket, give or take an extension.The bracket should also be slotted on the bottom bolt too. There is a wrench out there that thay made just for the slant to adjust the bottom bolt with out removing the distributor but I have no idea where to find it.
When I did mine I just made sure the bottom bolt was in the middle point of the slot.