Hello Vanagoneers:

I timed my 85GL the other day based on the info the guy at the shop gave me.  He showed me a picture in his Bentley which is actually backwards from my GL.  The manual shows 5 degrees being to the right of TDC and on my pulley it's to the left.  Can anyone explain the difference?  Is it a typo?

I find it runs better at TDC than at 5 degrees.  I tried to set the timing mark even with the place where the crank case comes together.  However if I move it a little too much past that, the idle goes way up and the mark moves way to the left.  Can anyone tell me why this happens?

I read another post where someone mentioned TDC as being a better setting for a little extra power.  How will this effect things like, emission controls, etc, for those of us living in a state with Smog Controls and Smog tests?

By the way, I did remember to unplug the temp sensor before setting the timing.

Thanks,

Walter Evens
Hesperia, CA, USA
2-85GLS