distributor timing

[Bob Culver]

Hi RR
If you can lock it in some position can use as a manual and wear except in the bush of no consequence. The optimun advance can then be found. With manual control a spring to take backlash out of thr linkage is desirable. The curious can even calibrate the control.
Based on baffling experience for years with another make with correct components it is prudent to check that spark occurs with rotor opposite terminal, allowing that the spark lasts for several degress.