Morris Minor Owners Club

can someone explain how this is done?

or better still, how to set up static timing when you have at TDC

thanks

Turn the distributor untill the points are just starting to open.

ok, where do i attach the light?

Run the engine - and slowly advance/retard the dizzy until you get the smoothest idling. Then road test and listen for any sign of pinking. If no pinking - advance slightly until you DO hear a little pinking - and then retard it again until the pinking 'just' disappears. provided the idle is still satisfactory - that's the best you can do with timing. But of course - the vacuum advance mech must be working - to test, suck the little pipe and watch the dizzy baseplate - it should move back and forth as you suck and release. There is absolutely no point setting timing with 'light' or 'strobe' - how would you know where the best setting is for your engine ??