ronsealdeath
Petty Officer 3rd Class
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- Aug 11, 2010
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Hi there I have just followed Joe Reeves' WOT timing procedure by jumping the solenoid with a fully charged battery and the plugs out. My Evinrude 55 from the mid 70s requires 19 degrees BTDC for total timing so I set it at 15 degrees according to the above procedure.
My motor was initially showing 20 degrees total timing which I understand is way out! I'm a bit concerned that when I put the throttle forward the timer base only has to move an inch or so before it hits the stop? There is a lot more throttle after it reaches the stop. My question is, does this sound right? I just assumed the timer base would move with the throttle pretty much all the way to the end of the throttle travel? Am I going to nuke the motor when I take it out tomorrow!
Interestingly my power pack 'packed up' whilst I was checking the timing. Could there be any reason for this? I did hook up the battery to a charger and crank it on the charger. Did I fry something? I had to swop over to the power pack from my spares engine after some troubleshooting pointed me in that direction.
Cheers
Al
My motor was initially showing 20 degrees total timing which I understand is way out! I'm a bit concerned that when I put the throttle forward the timer base only has to move an inch or so before it hits the stop? There is a lot more throttle after it reaches the stop. My question is, does this sound right? I just assumed the timer base would move with the throttle pretty much all the way to the end of the throttle travel? Am I going to nuke the motor when I take it out tomorrow!
Interestingly my power pack 'packed up' whilst I was checking the timing. Could there be any reason for this? I did hook up the battery to a charger and crank it on the charger. Did I fry something? I had to swop over to the power pack from my spares engine after some troubleshooting pointed me in that direction.
Cheers
Al