M38A1 timing...?

[Casey B]

No applogies neccessary!
I will look at what manuals i have that were sent to me on discs and go from there. i may need some others so i will be intouch with you re these...Thanks so much for the reply!
Regards Casey

[Casey B]

Well have it all back together and it runs quite well while standing in the garage. I set the timing to about 7 degreed BTDC and used the 8mm plug wire from a normal vehicle to set the timing with the light worked great! Thanks Rob! So I took it for a quick spin around the block...made it about to second gear and about 150 feet away and it died. Just like that. Tried to start it and nothing. So I got ready for the long push up hill back to the garage and thought give it another try. It did start with a touch of choke even though it had been hot from idling for about 20 mins.
I managed to back it up and into the garage. I'll have to wait till I have a recovery team...( wife in the pick up) to tow me if it fails on the next attempt!

Working on the rear lights now while waiting for the weather and a free wife to tow me...!

Put questions about those in another post.

[Casey B]

It was a great day today! I got the jeep out and it ran great! No farting poping or dying!
I had the wife follow me with the truck in case of a break down but nope after a little finetuning with the screw driver on the idle screw it ran fine. Started great too.
So then back to the garage for the elictrical...lights. Soon the inspection and the collectors insurance! thanks for all the advice to get it this far along!

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Casey

You got to love it when it finally works right. Best wishes to your wife for being willing to drive the chase vehicle. I can remember back before cell phones worked well in our area and my wife would drive the chase vehicle to be sure I got there or got back to the house. Now I have my friendly wrecker on speed dial. But my wife has come and fetched me home to get tools to fix a problem.

Cheers Phil