11-11-2022, 11:49 AM
There is no need to remove the distributor completely and then "move it round a tooth". The base plate should be left in position (that fixes the distibutor to the dynamo end casting. All you need to do is to loosen the horizontal clamping bolt, which then allows you to rotate the distributor in order to advance or retard the timing. If you have already succeeded in finding a point where the engine will start, all you then have to do is rotate the distributor body in order to find the sweet spot.
With the engine at TDC, and n°1 piston at compression, the end of the rotor arm should be pointing at the n°1 plug lead terminal inside the dizzy cap, and the points just about to open. It should start. If it doesn't then there's something else wrong. I would replace the electronic ignition unit for a set of points as a first test. You can't tell whether an electronic one is any good - they either work or they don't.
With the engine at TDC, and n°1 piston at compression, the end of the rotor arm should be pointing at the n°1 plug lead terminal inside the dizzy cap, and the points just about to open. It should start. If it doesn't then there's something else wrong. I would replace the electronic ignition unit for a set of points as a first test. You can't tell whether an electronic one is any good - they either work or they don't.