Setting the timing/ checking it

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10-10-2008, 02:39 PM

65coupe88hatch

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Setting the timing/ checking it

i got my old 88 2.3 auto stang sitting around and i suspect the timing is off, how do ya check the timing on these 4 bangers / set if timings off

10-11-2008, 12:22 PM

ExtrmZ

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you have to get a timing light and hook it up to the battery, and to the 1st plug wire. make a mark at TDC on the crank, and start it up.. see what it reads at, it should be at 10* BTDC

10-11-2008, 09:16 PM

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10* BTDC with the spout out

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