JimAndros wrote:The 2 small terminals on the solenoid are the control circuit. Power in on the tan wire, thru the coil & out to ground thru the black wire. Doesn't matter which wire goes where.
As for the choke. You have an electic heat connection on the spring housing. With the engine cold & no power applied to the spring, adjust the spring by rotating it until the choke just closes.
So just re-attatch that black ground wire to the empty terminal i assume-
Re- the choke- Do i just hook that spade up a constant 12v?
I used some very shallow pyrex baking trays to get out the old oil... once and only time ill do that! now ive got the drainplug replaced with 1/2 thread fitting that convers to a NTP thread, then a barbed fitting, 36" of tube, ten another barbed fitting with a screw on cap to hold the oil in. This will make changing oil a breeeeeeze! The old oil was scary- Kind of a translucent blue black- Wonder when it was last changed? hmm... As for oil- im a Castrol fan, so went with their HD30
Just to clarify, dwell is the degrees of rotation of the distributor shaft until the points break open. Remember, the distributor shaft turns at 1/2 the speed of the crankshaft. So, a one degree change of dwell angle will equal 2 degrees of timing change. Bottom line is set the dwell then the timing.This is just called " setting the points" correct? Ive done this using a gapping tool ( pocketknife style) on my old straigt 6- Same idea? Just re-set it to spec to be safe?
Thanks again to all for having patience with my numskull questions!