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I've set the timing on many cars, but on my LG4 I have the "magnetic timing probe hole" timing pointer. Haynes/Chilton states u need 'special equipment" to time the car. Before I try to use my "regular timing light", can someone maybe explain the procedure, if there is a special procedure???
__________________ 86 SC, 305 LG4, TH700R4, SLP headers, 3" cat and exhaust. ZZ intake, Mild cam 204/214, .423/.442. SLP shift kit, richmond 3.73's w/limited slip. Suspension Techniques Sway Bars, Globel West Wonderbar, Poly everything bushings, Metco LCA's, Lakewood Panhad Rod. 16" ROH, with BFG G-Force KDW 245's and Tokico springs with 5 way shocks. Nothing easy can be fun...
There's no special procedure I know of, never heard of a "magnetic timing probe" either... interesting concept though
You just look down at the timing mark with a timing light that's triggered off of #1 or #6. The mark includes a little metal tube that you can see by looking down along the front of the timing cover behind the water pump.
__________________ "So many Mustangs, so little time..."
I have the same thing on my 1986 port-injected 2.8 V6- does your balancer have multiple notches in it too? I -think- whatever this magnetic probe was, it could "see" a cut in the metal- aka, a balancer mark. The triple-balancer-marks stopped in 1987 for the 2.8/3.1 V6's. I never looked, but I wonder if the magnetic probe tube is gone too!
__________________ -Tom P (Hot rodded 1986 Firebird 2.8l)
