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Originally Posted by garyd1961
I don't care what your mechanic says, it sounds like a timing issue. You stated it wouldn't turn over when hot but you disconnected the distributor and it turned over fine, that says the timing is too high.
This is how we use to set our timing in the old days. Get the motor good and hot and keep turning the timing up until it cranks slow then back it up until it cranked like it should and leave it. "Warning" this doesn't work so good on modern motors with vortec heads.
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I have 2 questions. They are legitimate questions so don't take them the wrong way.
1. Why would the increase and lowering of timing cause the starter motor to slow down or speed up? Forgive me if this seems like a stupid question but I don't know much.
2. After I plugged the distributor back in while the engine was still hot it cranked over fine. Would that have happened if it was a timing issue? It seems like if it was the timing that was off it would go back to cranking slow again.
Thank you for your help. I am not trying to be difficult or argumentative.