[ve3wireless]

Well, a buddy of mine here kindly loaned me his new Sun timing light this morning, & I went under the hood to check it out...

The factory specifies a timing advance of 18-degrees for my car --- the actual timing was just under 12-degrees.

I re-set it to 18, and left it there. As I advanced the timing, even the idle RPM went up a tad which was OK, because it was lower than the specified 750 RPM on the tune-up label, at 12-degrees.

I should have removed the distributor cap to take a look at the condition & movement of the weights & springs, but I didn't...perhaps another time.

Now I'll be watching the temperature guage to see if the advance has done any good in helping the car run cooler.

Many thanks to all for the very fine suggestions received to date --- much appreciated by your truly!

Eddy
Ontario, CANADA