Its Alive Mwhahahaha

[The Scooby]

ok sorry, i finally got off my arse and got working on my 87 blue wagon.

 

well threw it back together, put the cam gear on, set inital timing, etc, and buttoned it all back up. tossed the battery from my 86 red wagon (Radio Flyer) in the blue wagon, and turn it over, all it did was click, so i recheck all wiring connections, by change i goof witht he shifter and then try again and she crank over.

 

well my retardedness forgot to put the header back on, so it running STRAIT HEAD, so i shut it off. bolt the header on, running strait header, and try again.

 

well she will start and run if you hold the gas. so i know when the guy put the heads and cams back on he never set dizzy timing, so now i got to time the dizzy, drain the old gas out of the tank, since it sat for a year and try again tonight.

 

so how do i time the dizzy. just turn the crank by hand till the pointer gets to the the 0degrees, or to what time i want like 8-BTDC or what ever, then redrop the dizzy so its pointing at number 1 on the cap or the head, then toss it back together and go?

 

so my major questions are, what is the proper timing for it, its a 1987 GL wagon Carbed EA82 auto, non-turbo

 

where does the rotor point when you redrop the dizzy in,

 

and how do you get the driver side "Sideburner" emission thing back on with the cam cover on, and the dizzy in? or i guess i can try with the dizzy out... havent tried that yet.

 

Thanks,

Shean

[The Scooby]

so i guess no one knows how to properly set timing, oh well i figured it uot my self, now i just have to get a heater hose and im set.

 

 

oh that and transfer the car into my name.

 

then she can be sold.

 

Shean

[Snowman]

Good to hear. In case you didn't know already, the stock timing setting is 8 degrees, but they seem to like a bit more advance, like 10-14.

[WJM]

To properly set the timing, put the engine at TDC #1, take the cap off, and see where the rotor shoudl sit for TDC #1...and then put the rotor there, by lifting the dizzy up and rotating the rotor appropriately. Then...adjsut the timing advance to about the middle of the allowable adjustment area...that should be really really close to stock. I know my DL ran like crap on that setting, so I have almost have it all the way advanced, and it runs great on regular pump gas.

[The Scooby]

ya i got timing set, she runs great actually which surprised the crap out of me, it just has that cronic lifter tapping.

 

but now to transfer the title, then i hope to have her gone.

 

Shean

[WJM]

Once the oil gets warm and the oil circulates really well after some time running, say, 30 miles at most, the HVLA noise will go away....*should* go away. If not, then its some trash in the HVLA.

[Flowmastered87GL]

change the oil... toss in some MMO maybe that will help to cure the tapping. Personally I just throw 20W50 in there and a new oil pump gasket (though I dont think you want to tear in there to do the gasket)