Hi Nathan,

A bit of play is not unusual on a well-worn engine.

It could be the distributor, or it might be the end-play on the crank
bearings. If it's a high-milage engine I would bet on the latter.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/75/77/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
www.busesofthecorn.com

On 18-Dec-06, at 8:26 PM, Nathaniel Poole wrote:

> Setting the timing on my '80, it kind of bounces around a bit, a
> few degrees
> either way. I haven't had to do a manual timing in decades and don't
> remember if this is normal. Time for a distributor rebuild?