Thread: V8 Compression Test

GOOD NEWS

I played around with the timing by ear(Iknow this is a no no to some ,but Im desperate)and found I got it to run and sound better.

Two things
1.I now need to buy a timing light for the fine adjustment.
2.Why would the timing go out if I have never touched it and the distributer wasnt loose?


Garry,I like the blokes at the LandRover dealership but there knowledge isnt quite the same as most others.The 2/3 guys there,there is only one tradesman and the others are apprentices and both havent been there that long around landies.

Ive asked them for help ,which they have given but I have gotten more help from the people in this web site in 1 week then what I have in 1 year from them.


So a big thanks to all that tried to help me


Thanks

Bully

check the vaccuum advance unit on the side of the dizzy.....
if the diaphragm has a hole in it it wont advance properly.....

the motor will often idle smoother if the timing is out, but it rears it's ugly head at revs and under load.
get yourself a timing light and like any other landy V8 owner, keep it in the car. mine lives in the under-seat box on the drivers side with my dwell meter.
they do wander a bit, don't know why, they shouldn't but they just do.
26deg BTDC.
have fun and don't get your 9/16 spanner caught in the fan

Originally Posted by barney

they do wander a bit, don't know why, they shouldn't but they just do.

They most certainly do - Landrover specialists were trying to sell me new distributors from when my disco was 20,000 km old to when I sold it at 100,000 km - when on the tune up machine the distributor was all over the shop - yet I was always able to time it with a light without any problem so it ran OK - at least with a new ignition module.

Gazzz

Another thought. You might have one or both of the mechanical advance springs broken or detached if changing the timing made a difference. I had a bugger of a time with the dizzy on my Disco after whomever the previous owner used to service the thing failed to put oil on the dizzy shaft prior to fitting the rotor. It was jammed solid, I pulled on it the two parts of the shaft seperated. This unhooked the weights and springs and allowed a massive amount of play. I had to remove, strip and rebuild the dizzy. After that experience I too carry a timing light in the car. Always!