Cascade Crew

[corey davidson]

idk were to start. so heres my proublem she will start and run but after i turn her off she comes outa time nd will not even turn over id love to have her for dyno but i cant pin point whats up. the shop i took her to says that its the dizzy or cat what do you guys think plz help me i miss drivein her

[aaron_sK]

Checked the timing chain?

[corey davidson]

in a 305? sry forgot to tell you that part

[corey davidson]

sorry long day i have checked that too

[aaron_sK]

305's got timing chains too.

So no timing chain slop, but loses timing when the engine stops.

Any vertical slop in the distributor? Cam gear not engaging? Have you tested with another distributor to see if that's the problem?

[GREG DAVIDSON]

yea he's not to bright on that stuff aaron i told him that after he wrote that i told him he needs to atleast take an basics to auto class but he wont listen , as far as the dizzy goes not to much as to slack in the up and down movement of it the one thats in there was my spare the one i was going to use lit fell apart in my hands and at this point im not willing to take apart my dayly driver apart to see if it works on his, and i cant find the right dizzy around here there all married coils with vac adv none of wich our formula's have

[Twilightoptics]

Only way it's going to change timing is if the clamp is loose or not seated on the dizzy allowing it to spin.


Timing chain, even with slop, will hold time to a point, it just makes the cam lazy

[Quasi-Traction]

I was going to say the outer ring of the dampener may have slipped, but as paul pointed out with the timing chain, it should still start and run, even if it barely runs.

are you sure its timing, and not over/under fueling? what kind of shape are your spark plugs in?

[Twilightoptics]

I assume you're checking the timing with a light each time? Or what....

[GREG DAVIDSON]

yup checked timing with a light even had another guy check it with his and he said it was dead on, spark plugs are brand new. when it wants to it runs fine just after it hits normal operating temp and under load it sounds like a tin can in the engine. when i get bored again i'll try to snip a vid of it or somthing

[Dewey316]

have you verified that the timing mark on the balancer is actually correct?

[Twilightoptics]

So the timing doesn't actually change?




Maybe we should start from the begining here.

[aaron_sK]