[VintageLambo] Re: Engine #536

Right on Aaron!Glad to hear you got it running properly.You might want to dig a little deeper into the distributor by using a small gear puller to pull the top webbing/bearing piece out, and start working down to the advance weights.Frankly, I"ve forgotten how the distributor comes apart (can you document for us?), but part of the long-term maintenance would include lubing the internal advance weights and springs too.My weights actually exploded once because (I"m assuming) they were never lubed.I could be wrong on that one, maybe they had a manufacturing flaw.But regardless, it"s good to go trough the weights too. Put the distributor on a Sun distributor machine and check that the advance is correct: http://www.playerviolin.com/400GT/Data/AdvCurv.htm You can change the spring length to adjust the curve.Lou tells me that some of the springs are of different lengths to achieve a faster curve than on the above sheet.But basically, you just want everything to be close enough to make the engine work properly.I"m guessing that if you think the motor is running well, it"s probably pretty close.Also, once you start messing with the distributors on the Sun machine, adjustment will become pretty obvious. Still, if you write an article about adjusting the distributors you will earn some VLG Browny Points, which can be exchanged for hamburgers at the VLG picnic.;^D Cheers, Fred