hi I am about to do some work on a 1100 cc cross flow engine (in a 1971 Freeman 23 river boat) which will mean taking the distrubutor off. Does anyone have the correct static timing for this engine? I realise that the marina version timing might be different from the car version but at least its somewhere to start from! cheers Mike (1971 Triumph Herald)
Timing ford 1100 cross flow engine?
Aug 21, 2006
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Why not connect a small bulb across the coil and turn the engine over until the bulb just goes out on No 1 cylinder. That is the current timing. Put a dab of Tippex or similar as a timing mark under the timing pointer (there must be one, even on a marine engine, but it might be on the flywheel rather than the crankshaft pulley).. Then when you put the distributor back, you can reset the timing so that your Tippex dot lines up with the pointer again. Whatever the setting should be in numbers, at least you know you have reset it to the same setting you had before.
Jim
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