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    Erattic and retarding timing when held at rpm

    I’m not sure but I’s deffinitely not anything new. Looks like it could be original to the block or there about. So I guess that could be potential cause of my problems
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    Erattic and retarding timing when held at rpm

    Have not used a dial back. I have tried two different regular timing lights though. And they both give the same result. I have not checked chain yet. Only changed the diffrent ignition components as I wrote in my original post. The chain is only a few years old and does not have many miles on...
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    Erattic and retarding timing when held at rpm

    Lets say the springs are broken. Would that cause timing to jump around and retard? Wouldn’t that cause it to immediately go full advance and stay there?
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    Erattic and retarding timing when held at rpm

    As far as I remember nothing was changed. I just noticed it randomly checking timing . I have a couple of videos of it but can’t seem to post them here. And there is no good view into the dist. Just me wiggling the shaft back and forth and pulling up and down. I can get some pics next weekend
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    Erattic and retarding timing when held at rpm

    I think thats true. I’ve heard 0.5 degree per 1000 rpm is to be expected. But mine is jumping around and it’s retarding way more
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    Erattic and retarding timing when held at rpm

    Yea I guess that is a possibility. The plate feels to be quite firmly in place and it has worked without pulling timing before . But I’ll look into it
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    Erattic and retarding timing when held at rpm

    It acutally got rebuilt about two years ago. Had the dist out a few times and changed the advance springs since then. Advcanced nice and stable after last time the springs were changed. Then I just felt like checking timing a few months later and then this problem ocucurred.
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    Erattic and retarding timing when held at rpm

    No, I've got vacuum advance disconnected. The plate where the pick-up is mounted (the one wich the vacuum advance arm pulls on is not welded in place though.
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    Erattic and retarding timing when held at rpm

    To clear things up. It does advance to about 36 at about 1500-2000. Then it starts to retard. All this while its slightly bouncing.
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    Erattic and retarding timing when held at rpm

    Hi , I've got a problem with my timing beeing erattic when held at higher rpm then idle. The engine is a 440 and it's got stock electronic pick-up. I got about 10 degrees of advance and before the issues started it's all in somewhere between 1500-2000. Now, the only time that my timing seems...
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    Oil in coolant?

    I've heared some people say you shouldn't use long life type coolant in old copper/brass radiators. Any truth to that?
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    Oil in coolant?

    Yea the thought of exhaust has crossed my mind. The car Isn't smoking out the tail pipes. But the coolant sure went brown ish fast
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    Oil in coolant?

    I did use tap water. The coolant was somewhat rust coloured after about 2 months. Before that the radiator had ben sitting empty for about a year and a half. Flushed it about 1 year before that though Flushed it. Used about year, then sitting empty for about 1.5 Put on car with a reebuilt...
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    Oil in coolant?

    It sure looks waterish in the pictures. It’s 50/50 mix of this
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    Oil in coolant?

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