Technical SBC Knock and Power Loss

2OLD2FAST · Oct 14, 2020

BowtieGoofy said: ↑

Ok, as everyone said, go back to the beginning. This discussion earlier about the distributor made me question everything about mine. I pulled it and noticed that the points were not even working right(or not at all really). I could not adjust them where I needed them and the spring was HEAVY. I think my dad got the wrong points set and I didn't even think about it. I replaced them and then noticed that I had dropped the distributor in the wrong position to begin with at TDC. I reset TDC(verified 4 times) and re-dropped the distributor in the correct position. She now runs rough and has a pronounced valve clatter, so it seems lash is off.

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That style distributor you set the points with an allen wrench & a dwell meter normally , I don't understand the problem with the " spring" ?

2OLD2FAST · Oct 14, 2020

BowtieGoofy said: ↑

I tried to set a towel off to the side and made a mess...lol. I'll have to get some junk valve covers and cut the center out so I don't repaint my engine bay in 10w-30.

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Its quite simple & a whole bunch less messy to set them not running .
You can find numerous tutorials on line !

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