<VV> Wierd Timing Indication

[Matt Nall]

A friends '64 pg convertible suddenly started running poorly a while ago 
with a significant loss of power.  I took a look at it today and am totally 
perplexed with what I saw.  He's convinced that the problem is in the timing 
so I checked that first.  With the pulley at the timing mark, the rotor was 
right at the #1 plug wire which was also at the correct 5 o'clock position. 
Then with the engine running, the timing mark was no where to be seen with a 
timing light and turned out to be at the 3 or 4 o'clock position on the 
pulley.  When I turned the distributor to bring the mark up. it came up 
about half way and then jumped 180 degrees to the far side of the pulley at 
about 9 o'clock!  How can it do that?  It would jump back and forth from a 
very small movement of the distributor.  When the distributor was rotated 
enough to have the mark in the right place the engine would die.  It has a 
solid pulley so it's not slipped but I sure have!  What's going on?
RonH 

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 Pull the distributor and check the gear on the shaft!


Matt Nall
Charleston, Oregon
http://mysite.ncnetwork.net/reswr0kp/