So I got my timing adjust finally, which seems to have been the problem from the BEGINNING which made my car lag and idle like crap. I got it tuned to spec and actually went to 17 degrees and boy does it feel nice.

WELL, I was on the highway going to a buddies house when I get off and I'm on the ramp, it just turns off and wasnt staying on so I took a look and the distributor was all shifted to one side and loose. I went ahead and tried guesstimating and tightening it until I could get ahold of a timing light once again but it was wasnt holding.

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12mm bolt on distributor not holding therefore not allowing to set timing. What can I do to fix it? Are there any other solutions that dont include re-tapping?

 

the one on the outside yea mines missing the bolt completely could it pose a problem?

 

lol...dude are you serious? Go get a bolt ASAP and adjust yo sh*t son!

8X1.25 should be about 30mm-40mm long.

Now back to my problem!

 

i see your options as seeing if theres a little bit bigger bolt that would fit in there where you could tap it to that size and use that. if it was mine, i would probably tap and helicoil it and never give it a second thought.

 

Just try a slightly larger bolt in width,not length..

 

I actually am using a slightly thicker bolt...I had a few spare ones from when I upgraded to leather seats, I used one of those 14mm bolts. Problem is that its loose one again is there a way i can like use a nut on one side and bolt on other?

 

That would work also.

 

That's what she said

 

Try loctite.

 

 

lol damn sillies...well I got the hole re-tapped and a bigger bolt. Also stole my g/fs distributor and put it on my car since mine got messed up by "ahem" touching and messin with the little disc inside...anyway I got the timing set to | | | .| | | where the . is and that would be toward the front of the car...is that ok?

Car idles super smooth, accelerates SUPER smooth and you can feel the power push your head back unlike before

 

each mark should be 5 degrees. i say that it looks like youve got it at 13. spec is 15 i believe and some set it more towards 17. so set it on the third mark from the left when you're looking down on it.

 

wait, 4th mark. 1st is 0. then 5, 10, 15. sorry, calculus fried my mathematical part of my brain

 

hmm... so the middle isnt exactly where its supposed to be then huh... guess i should take a look at mine....

 

Ok lol so to be more clear, looking it at from the FRONT of the car its like this
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the bottom being the closest to the front end. Thought that would've been 17 which is what I was aiming for..

 

There ya go, I guess you were right. I only saw 6 markings but I guess according to the FSM its 7 well, if it feels awesome on 13 then my car must've REALLY been off lol I'll set it to 17 which would feel even BETTER!

I'll do it when I buy my OEM Cap, Rotor, and Sparkplugs at leDealer.

 

So just a bigger tap worked instead of a helicoil? I guess that would end up being easier....I'm gonna have to check that out sometime. What happened to the GF's car now that you took her distributor???

BTW....I'll probably end up doing the CV boot sometime next week....since the holidays are eating up all my time.

Are pics posted of the meet @ Gino's East?

 

Dude, I've called you these past 2 days to see if you wanted to do the axle..some of the pics are uploaded but not all.

As for the g/fs car, its not really in driving condition anyway as her brake pedal sinks all the way down and one injector in bad. I'll get her a JY distributor eventually along with injectors. She rides my car mainly and I have to take her and pick her up where ever she goes so she knows my car deserves her dist more than her car.

Hey I might go to a party/drinkin party on Saturday in case you wanna go, I can check with my friend

back to topic, yes everything is swell now. Couldnt wait for cap,rotor, and plugs so I just adjusted timing to 17 degrees and its mighty sexy.

 

you where talkin bout the bolt that holds the dist to the head or block w/e right ya i totally dont have it ill go get one tomorrow also how can I go about setting timing i looked at the crappy pic and was

 

John- I can ship you my spare in injectors if you want them before I get to chicago (prolly around the 9th to 11th of jan)

~Alex

 

Hey Gun5, Just get the necessary bolt from an autopart store or hardware store, its a 8x1.25 and I think 30-40mm but to be on safe side just get one from dealer or junk yard so you get exact one. You'll need a timing light ($40 at part store) Once you have the timing light just hook it up to the battery and to sparkplug wire #1, turn your car on make sure nothing is running (radio, lights..no load at all) and put your car on Neutral but be sure to pull your handbrake so it doesnt roll.

Ok, fun part. Put the bolt in where it belongs and tighten it until it's firm but you still can move distributor with a little bit of force, ok aim at the biggest pulley that has a V shaped arrow pointing at it and if you focus you'll see the little 7 marking everytime the timing light flashes. All you have to do now it tilt the distributor side to side until the 4th mark (15 degrees) is aligned with the V, tilt it a little more if you want to advance it slightly to 17 degrees but I wouldn't do more as I've heard it'll make your engine ping. Once you've decided where you want it just tighten the bolt fully but dont OVERtighten as thats what messed mine up in the first place. once its tight, double check with the timing light that its still on the mark you chose. Verify your idle as well, make sure you do it on P, R, and D so you know its good. Here comes the best part, driving!!! Get back to us and let us know how it went.

Here ya go, since you were complaining bout not being able to see pic.

 

P?R?D?....????

Oh sorry thats for poor auto. 5 speed all the way baby!!!

and to think just the other day I told you how to do all that. My Lil Jon's all grow'd up!!

~Alex

 

What!? Yeeeeeeaay Ah!









Ooooh Kay

 

pics still jacked up lol.. i understand most of it i guess ill understand the marks alittle more when i start doing this .. i wish i could drive the car but i need a shift cable this one i got has like 2 inches of slack

 

Do you physically know how to change it? if so just pick one of at the JY...havent heard of shifter cable going bad on 3rd gens much so you should be fine.

 

yea im sure its not as hard as rebuilding the tranny.. I called a few places the closest place is 40 minutes away and they wont even check it for slack i gotta go out there

but ya when i pull on the cable man its nuts i dunno how it got so much slack

 

do you have a manual for your car? (FSM)

 

yea i got one for a 94 doesnt help much as far as shifter cable

 

 

lol nice what section was that I looked under AT and FE Ill try that later this week after christmas

anyways appricate it very much save me time/trouble

 

In the AT section/183 "control cable adjustment"..

 

damnit me and my dad looked through that thing

 

havnt got a timing light yet but my mechanic has one of those power scanners he says we can hook it up if its a 93 and up and see the timing that way true or not true?

 

got a friends timing light.. and i can only see 4 marks there is a chunk missing of the balancer grr

 

lol that sucks.. just try to base yourself off the middle-ish marks and your car should sound nice and consistent. your idle between 700-800rpms with no load on and it should rev up nice and smooth