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Originally Posted by Elliot949
Glad to see you may be at the end of that issue...
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You and me too, Dan. I checked the timing yesterday and it was sitting on 5 degrees instead of the 12 degrees I initially dialed in. Not sure why it moved that much. The hold down nut was snug but not excessively tight. Bumped it up to 9 degrees initial and locked it down good and tight, so we'll see how it likes that.
According to the vacuum gauge, it was only making around 7-8 inches of vacuum at idle and when I plugged the line back onto the vacuum advance can, the timing didn't jump like it should. Had to rev the engine slightly and only then did the VA come in. It stayed advanced, but it almost acted like it had to overcome some resistance to start working. I read on the 460 Ford forum where some guy swapped out his Unilite distributor for an old fashioned points style and it really woke up the engine. Not sure yet if there's a problem lurking there, but I've been plagued with so many hiccups, I'm a bit gun shy. Vern (Boppa) says it's just being a Ford.
