Rough Runninng

Hi all

over the last few weeks, i have replaced the following items on my 88 clipper

* Water Pump
* All Coolant Hoses
* Fuel Pump / Spacer and Gasket
* Spark Plugs
* Rotar Arm
* Coolant
* Oil + Oil Filter
* Aux Belt
* Fuel Filter
* Various vacuum hoses that had split or perished

In short a general overhaul, which went great however….. I started the car for the first time over the weekend and it runs like a dog.. with 1 leg.

General misfiring, stalling etc… it will tick over fine ( albeit it shaking the whole engine) its when you rev it or put it into gear it cuts out.

Im sure i must have knocked something when i been fiddling, i have checked the ignition cables etc and they are all in place as they should be.. i did notice that the distributor 13mm nut was loose so i decided to remove the whole thing (without marking it up) stupid i know and its in a sorry state, it has been mangled on one side at some stage in its life, but to be fair the car was running fine before i took it apart.

Anyway i have ordered a new one and some new igntition leads.. My question is what do i need to do to get the timing correct once i replace it? Sorry if thats a daft question

Does anyone have a good quide for setting it back up again?

Set the Static timing first thing I would do.

Briano1234 said

Set the Static timing first thing I would do.

Thanks, is there a detailing process for this on an auto car?

http://cabby-info.com/Files/AdjustingTheTiming.pdf

Briano1234 said

http://cabby-info.com/Files/AdjustingTheTiming.pdf

Thank you

Is this the same process for an auto carb engine? also my distributor doesn't have a mark to line it up??!?

Yes it is the same for auto's as well as Manuals, the Autos are easier as the timing plate is easier to see.

Solid flex plate vs Spoked.

Solid Flex Plate

Briano1234 said

Yes it is the same for auto's as well as Manuals, the Autos are easier as the timing plate is easier to see.

Solid flex plate vs Spoked.

Solid Flex Plate

Thank you, im assuming the auto one is the one with the 0 on

snoopin said

Thank you, im assuming the auto one is the one with the 0 on

Trick answer.  Both of those are a Automatic Flex Plate,
The last one is a solid Flex, and the two together the Spoked flex plate is the rear one, and the solid the front both are stamped for 0TDC, the spoked Flex plate has more stamp easy to read marks, whereas the Solid has only the 0 stamp and one slash stamp to be the 6BTDC mark.

These are the best pics that I have.

Here is what happens when a shop with no body watching replaces a brand new OEM BOSCH spoked Flex plate starter with a rebuilt Solid Flex plate starter can we say CHEWED the Ring GEAR.


See why we say spoked vs Solid