initial stator setup w/total loss

[Pablo]

Brace urselves boys, this could get knee-deep in noob poop, but here goes.

Where does the stator/pickup go in relation to TDC on the initial install for a TL. i've got an old, analog TL, so i don't have the indicator light to help figure out static timing. I found TDC and marked the cases/flywheel relationship. Do I just mark of in degrees how much advance i want (suggestions welcome here:dunce and then rotate the stator so the pickup is in the middle of that degree measurement? From reading other posts and lots of frustrations it sounds like 18-26 degrees of advance is o.k. I'm running a stock 701 61X, limited B-pipe, single 44 mikuni, 35cc domes, pump gas.

Do I just assume the things gonna fire correctly enough to run from the jump and then alter the timing with a timing light? Matt E said skip the light and just ground a plug against the engine and determine timing when i see the spark. How in the he** do I determine the timing by doing that or even if i am using a timing light? So the light flashes or the spark hits, but how do i know/see/or mark when the signal happens? Then, what do i do with that info?

 

[Matt_E]

All MSD TL's have the indicator light. Even the old analog boxes.
I didn't say to just skip the light. I had to, because my LED was burnt out.
Find TDC. Mark it on the flywheel and on the cases, to line up.
Then find where the plug(s) is/are firing. Find the angle with the marks on the flywheel.

 

[Pablo]

Matt, I wasn't banging on u. I was using what u told me and trying to get a reference. Sorry if i came off like a whiner. No worries brother.

How do u eyeball and mark the spark while the engine is running? is the flywheel spinning slow enough to see this accurately?

 

[Matt_E]

I think you misunderstood me as being mad. I am not.

You time it non-running.
Simply rotate the flywheel until you get spark.

 

[Pablo]

didn't know if that kind of stuff gets under ur skin or not, but much obliged man. i'd like to think i can stumble through this TL setup. i appreciate the info. so say i get the static timing figured out. is static timing considered my "zero" point to advance timing from or do i measure my timing advance from TDC?

what is the relationship of static to dynamic timing? if i advance static is it just understood that dynamic timing is advanced? does setting one just obviate changing the other?

 

[Matt_E]

Your static timing is the maximum advance the motor is going to run.
The TL will retard from the static advance. So, dynamic timing is retarded.