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xvivalve
 Post subject: Manual advance?
PostPosted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:50 pm 
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Trying to get a recent acquisition running, I spotted this:

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All I can think of is the previous owner has fitted some form of manual advance and retard!
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Jod Clark
 Post subject: Re: Manual advance?
PostPosted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 8:56 am 
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What's at the other end of the cable?

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 Post subject: Re: Manual advance?
PostPosted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:31 am 
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Haven’t found it yet!
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 Post subject: Re: Manual advance?
PostPosted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:53 am 
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Seems easy enough to check, fire it up, put a timing gun on it and pull he cable. See what happens.
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