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| Joined: | 08-18-2010 |
| Location: | St. Cloud, MN, USA |
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I just purchased 18082, imported into Minnesota from Missouri. The car ran very well, but I embarked on the timing belt change, among other maintenance items. After replacing the tensioner pulley with the integrated '75+ Lotus part (as I understand it, this was retro-fitted to my '74, so i stayed with it), I had everything reassembled - no fire.
After about 20 turns, I got a pretty significant backfire, and I'm concluding that I've messed up the timing. I suspect that while I was careful with the engine at TDC to keep the cam sprockets aligned, I probably let the distro/oil pump jack shaft sprocket rotate a bit.
I understand the fine-tuning that comes with rotating the distributor, and I have a timing light (have never used it), but that comes after engine's at least firing.
Can anyone describe how I should be aligning the timing mark on that jackshaft sprocket (distro/oil pump)? I clearly see a mark, but don't have any reference to how it should align with the engine at TDC. I suspect when I get that aligned, I'll have fire again and can then tune.
While I'm posting, can anyone point me to a reputable (non-pirated) source for a digital copy of the Jensen Healey manual? I see the printed copy on the JHPS site, but was hoping for a CD copy - the only ones I see on Ebay appear to be offshore pirates.
Any help is appreciated.
Last edited on 09-04-2010 03:27 am by cavanbound