24-10-2019, 06:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 24-10-2019, 06:40 PM by Nick Salmon.)
Thanks again Reckless. Here we reach the crux of my questions...
In A7 handbooks it refers to starting the engine with 'Ignition - almost fully advanced'.
But I have always referred to 'retarding' the ignition to start the engine. So does my 1937 copy of the 'Manual of Driving and Maintenance for Mechanical Vehicles. And numerous other references. Nowhere else do I find the instruction to have the ignition advanced.
Are the terms 'advanced' and 'retarded' somehow interchangeable or am I missing a difference in definition somewhere?
In A7 handbooks it refers to starting the engine with 'Ignition - almost fully advanced'.
But I have always referred to 'retarding' the ignition to start the engine. So does my 1937 copy of the 'Manual of Driving and Maintenance for Mechanical Vehicles. And numerous other references. Nowhere else do I find the instruction to have the ignition advanced.
Are the terms 'advanced' and 'retarded' somehow interchangeable or am I missing a difference in definition somewhere?