Altitude is 1400' to 3500'. We drive down to the Connecticut Upper valley and a over to the White Mountains. No big elevation gain here in Vermont or New Hampshire. Only time I have encountered a big difference is traveling out west 

Dennis J

Dennis Jowell
Scotch Hollow Farm
Newbury, Vermont 

> On Jul 1, 2016, at 1:19 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
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>        DJ
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>    @ What Altitude do You Live & Drive Mostly ~ It makes a Diff' in where Your Eng's Timing Needs to be ~
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>                                            ORR ~ DeanB
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>> On 30 Jun , 2016, at 10:42 AM, Dennis Jowell wrote:
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>> Hall sensor is installed, Westy starts up, which is a bonus for me.
>> Now to do the timing of the WBX. I found my old timing light from Sears 1971 vintage I suspect it's NG. 
>> I'm headed down to my Sears store for a new Craftsman timing tool.
>> Any suggestions on the type I should get? Not to many choices here where we live. Sears is a 90 miles round trip.
>> It has been a long time since I timed any engine with a light. My several old VW  bugs I timed using a 12 volt bulb and a pair of alligator clips.
>> Also a little confused on the process of timing the 2.2 WBX engine.
>> Any suggestions?  or thoughts?
>> 
>> Dennis J
>> 
>> Dennis Jowell
>> Scotch Hollow Farm
>> Newbury, Vermont 
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>>> On Jun 28, 2016, at 12:35 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Way to go!
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>>> the pin on dizzy is not too hard to remove. Here's a pic of what I did:
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>>> http://tinyurl.com/hg2jaqp
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>>> its just a piece of annealed copper pipe. I supported other end of
>>> dizzy with piece of wood.
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>>> Are the small wires inside dizzy, to hall, at fault?
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>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 6/28/16, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> I found the problem! Worn out Hall Sensor. I added a zip tie to the plug on
>>>> the distributor not the harness. Starts right up. Thanks to the suggestion
>>>> from a Van Cafe old time mechanic and Chris their customer service person.
>>>> I have a new Hall Sensor ordered. Should have it here at the farm this
>>>> week.
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Neil n
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