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lol very true. I could probably be up there... as you can all see from my mostly retarded questions. ha



Probably is. The bottom hose only gets hot after either I squeeze it a few times, or if it's been running a while. I'm hoping that it's at least circulating a little bit, but when I pop the lid off the radiator, it isn't really moving much. :-(

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I went out and checked the timing. The timing marks I can't see what they say, and can't remember if they even have anything on them (numbers, letters, symbols, anything) and it was directly in the middle of all of the timing marks. I turned the distributor and put it to the top, seemed like the engine ran worse, then moved it slightly below the middle mark and the idle seemed to increase. Took it for a test drive, and now the truck only gets 3/4 of the way hot. Before driving it or adjusting it anymore, I wanted to get someone to tell me where the timing mark should be because the haynes manual doesn't tell me. It just says it needs to be in spec.

Thanks!

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are you at home today?
its supposed to be 8* i can show you right where it should be.
im running around this afternoon for some lights to road legalize my dirtbike today i can stop by

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

We're headed out for a few days, going down to the beach. Do you know which mark it should be from the top? I'll try google searching it really quick. lol

edit: annddd nothing. no pictures

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it should say the degrees in 2's 0-2-6-8-etc so it should be the 8th bump on the timing cover... they are so small its easier to get a close look and see which you need before you fire it up and mark it.
also do you have the vacuum advance plugged while your setting the timing?

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

yeah I pulled it off the dist. and plugged it. I can't see it because my dear father painted it, and the paint is lifting. I'll get in there with some sand paper or a brillo pad and see if i can make it more legible. But if you say it should be the 8, it should be the 4th bump right? or does it have - and + from zero? I'm gonna go out there really quick before we leave and look again.


I went out there and put it on the 8th bump, right below 3/4 now. But barely. So I'm assuming that was part of my issue, now I'll just need to get the radiator fixed. Then I should be golden!

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yeah I pulled it off the dist. and plugged it. I can't see it because my dear father painted it, and the paint is lifting. I'll get in there with some sand paper or a brillo pad and see if i can make it more legible. But if you say it should be the 8, it should be the 4th bump right? or does it have - and + from zero? I'm gonna go out there really quick before we leave and look again.[/quote]

i dont have one to look at anymore but i think it starts at 0 can you take a pic of yours and i can mark where it should be

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

i dont have one to look at anymore but i think it starts at 0 can you take a pic of yours and i can mark where it should be[/quote]

yeah let me go out there again and i'll get it uploaded

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info i gave a while back that should help
you look at the front of the timing cover on the front of the engine. right behind the lower pulley is a set of numbers with marks for each one looks something like 8 6 2 0 2 6 8 with a dash for every number.. these are the degrees of timing advance. there is a notch on the back of the pulley. once the engine is assembled following the instructions provided EXACTLY as they are written in the book. once you have the engine running you use a timing light.. pointed at the area where the pulley is with the timing marks, it will flash (strobe) at the speed your plug is firing... the strobe will make the notch on the back of the pulley appear to be holding perfectly still... whatever number it is on is where your timing sits... if you loosen the distributor cap bolt VERY SLIGHTLY rotate the distributor cap while keeping an eye on the pulley notch position. you can adjust it to 6BTDC.

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

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ok its the same as mine was my message above will tell you what you need to know the bigger bumps are the ones that are even #'s 8->0->8 and the smaller bumps are the odd #s between
each end is 8* with 0* in the center you want 6* btdc

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

So the 2nd notch from the top is where I need to be?

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either 2nd from front or rear, pretty sure its the side to the right, but its been a good year or two now
if you look closely you can see the #'s above the marks. you may need to tune the carb slightly after setting the timing to make it just right

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

Thanks for the info man. You've saved me yet again.

Anyone know how many turns the mixture screw needs to be from fully closed? I've got it currently 1 1 /2 turns out.

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that sounds about right i think its between 1 1/2 & 2

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

Glad I at least remembered something correctly lol..

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there are only a few hundred things to remember
at least you can drive it now! it needs a little work but they all do at some point

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

It didn't get nearly as hot, even after driving it for a couple hours, but ran horribly. I'll adjust it to the 6btdc mark once I get home. I'm going to guess that it's the 2nd big notch from the bottom. I'm just guessing because I can't see the numbers, they're wore off and painted over. lol

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which end are you calling the bottom tho

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

the bottom of the picture. :-)

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