<VV> moveable timing

[BobHelt at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/16/2006 3:18:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time,  
pwilhelm2 at cogeco.ca writes:

Once I  reassembled the engine,I tried to set the timing and found it would 
not run  properly at 12 or 14 degrees. Thinking my timing light to be faulty,I 
asked a  fellow Corvair owner to come over to check his light against mine. My 
light  was fine. We found that to get the car to run smoothly,it must be set 
to 36 to  42 degrees advance. In addition,the timing appears to change between 
engine  start ups;i.e. from 36 degrees and 15 minutes later it will 42  
degrees.



Something is certainly wrong. You need to run some tests to determine the  
cause. First run a compression check. then check the action of the weights in  
the distributor. Are the weights working properly? Try swapping another  
distributor as a trial. As mentioned, by someone else, is the key in the crank  end 
where the HB is installed?   When running, is the engine  mis-firing or 
running on all six?
Give us a report. 
Regards,
Bob Helt