RE: Re: RE: RE: Setting Distributor Drive Timing (Fuel Sync) without DRB

From: greg conner (dodgeboy93@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Jun 13 2004 - 16:37:29 EDT


I'm not sure what procedure you are talking about from the KRC webpage but
setting the distributor is setting the fuel sync.

Greg Conner
1996 RC
3.9 hybrid

>From: "BlackDak93" <stephen.barnett@worldnet.att.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>Subject: DML: Re: RE: RE: Setting Distributor Drive Timing (Fuel Sync)
>without DRB
>Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 12:16:09 -0600
>
>If I read KRC's procedure correctly, they are talking about setting the
>timing mark to TDC for timing the distributor, not setting fuel sync. Their
>procedure does not state how to set fuel sync with a voltmeter, as they say
>it is inaccurate. The procedure below addresses how to set the initial sync
>without a DRB scan tool. I think this is the discrepancy.
>
>
>""Bernd D. Ratsch"" <fasstdak@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:000a01c4516f$b8915b10$020aa8c0@bernd...
> >
> > Yes...that's the official and correct way to set initial sync as per DC.
>If
> > not set properly, you can had adverse performance. The proper way is
>still
> > to properly align the distributor and then set sync via the DRB or any
>other
> > scanner that shows Fuel Sync at 1000rpm (not to be set above or below
> > 1000rpm).
> >
> > - Bernd
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of James
>Calder
> > Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 11:50 AM
> > To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> > Subject: DML: RE: Setting Distributor Drive Timing (Fuel Sync) without
>DRB
> >
> >
> >
> > There seems to be a discrepancy to as where the mark on the damper
>should
> > be. Some people say the damper should be right on the TDC mark (like
>KRC's
> > write-up) while others say it needs to be advanced to the V8/V6 mark on
>the
> > damper. If the procedure below is as per DC, what's the difference when
> > going by the actual TDC mark and not the V8/V6 mark? Can this have an
> > adverse affect?
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Bernd D.
> > Ratsch
> > Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 9:17 AM
> > To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> > Subject: DML: Setting Distributor Drive Timing (Fuel Sync) without DRB
> >
> >
> >
> > This is a base setting for those without a DRB or other scanner that
>shows
> > Fuel Sync...but you still should have it checked for proper setting on
>Fuel
> > Sync. Correct procedure from DC as well.
> >
> >
> > Distributor Indexing
> >
> > SYMPTOM/CONDITION:
> > Vehicles may exhibit surging, light bucking, or intermittent engine
> > misfiring. This will most likely occur when the vehicle is at operating
> > temperature, and under a light load at approximately 2000 RPM. This
> > condition may be caused by a mis-indexed distributor. The following
> > procedure is an alternative to the indexing procedure outlined in the
> > service manual.
> >
> > REPAIR PROCEDURE:
> > This procedure outlines an alternative distributor indexing procedure.
> >
> > Connect a voltmeter to the distributor sensor connector by removing the
>end
> > seal and carefully back probing the connector. Connect the positive lead
>to
> > the sensor output pin (pin 3, either a tan wire with a yellow tracer or
>a
> > gray wire, depending on vehicle application). Connect the negative lead
>to
> > the sensor ground pin (pin 2, a black wire with a light blue tracer).
> > Rotate the engine clockwise as viewed from the front, until the number
>one
> > piston is at Top Dead Center (TDC) of the compression stroke. The timing
> > mark on the vibration damper should line up with the zero degree (TDC)
>mark
> > on the timing chain case cover.
> > Continue to rotate the engine slowly clockwise until the V6 or V8 mark
> > (depending on engine type) lines up with the zero degree (TDC) mark on
>the
> > timing chain case cover. The V8 mark is 17.5°after TDC and the V6 mark
>is
> > 147°after TDC. NOTE: DO NOT ROTATE THE ENGINE COUNTER CLOCKWISE. IF THE
> > ENGINE IS ROTATED BEYOND THE MARK, RETURN TO STEP 2 AND REPEAT THE
> > PROCEDURE.
> > Loosen the distributor clamp bolt.
> > With the ignition switch in the ON position, rotate the distributor
>slightly
> > in either direction until the voltmeter switches between the sensor
> > transition point of 0 and 5 volts.
> > Adjust the distributor as close as possible to either side of this
> > transition point and tighten the distributor clamp bolt to 19-26 N-m
> > (170-230 in.lbs.) .
> >
> >
>
>

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