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Old 11-02-2014, 07:16 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by gizzardgulpe View Post


I used the instructions in the Chilton manual that resulted in such poor timing that I couldn't accelerate into traffic safely. I cannot seem to log in to the state library website to get back to the manual to double-check what I learned, so that'll have to wait for a day or two, but I seem to remember it saying to set the timing to ten degrees at ~600 RPM, and that was just obscene. The car barely ran.




This sounds about right to me, in the static position without advance.


Important steps in the process.

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Short the terminals of the check engine connector to check the timing-1983-84 Cressida
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Allow the engine to run at the specified idle speed with the gearshift in Neutral with manual transmission and Drive (D) with automatic transmission.
Procedure
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