Topic: Tune up - timing
in Forum: C3 Electrical

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btw.... If you're getting erratic readings with the light, it could just be a dwell problem, or the dist. might have enough slop in it to cause the points to not be able to keep a solid gap. See if the top of the dist. shaft has a lot of side-2-side movement. You could also have advance weights that are worn, where they fit over the little 'posts' on the shaft. All of these things can be repaired.
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The springs are the more likely wear to cause a problem, but the weights can wear at the piviot points and cause some problems as well.
I reset my timing last weekend and my timing light was acting exactly as you describe. Why? Because I forgot it was a dialable light and it was set at "32" when I was trying to get the balancer mark to hit the "12" BTDC mark on the timing tab. Once I hit my forehead with my palm "Doah" and reset the light to "0", everything began working as advertised. Sounds obvious but something easy to check for us newbies.
Good luck
Neil