:
: I'm new to car fixology and would appreciate
: your help. I picked up all the stuff I need
: to do a tune-up (including a book which told
: me what to do). It also told me to either
: check a spec sheet at the place I buy my
: parts or call a garage.
:
: I tried both of those, and nobody seemed to be
: able to give me info (or just didn't want
: to). Where else can I find info on my car? I
: can't find the owner's manual. It's a 1966
: Coronet with a 225.
:
: I've got the correct plug gap of .30, but don't
: know the correct dwell, point gap, timing
: and - hmm, I'm pretty sure there was
: something else I need but don't remember. Is
: there somewhere online that has this info or
: might someone out there happen to have that
: info?
:
: I sure appreciate any help. As a side note,
: this past weekend I managed to pull,
: evaluate, clean and re-gap my own
: sparkplugs. I'm quite impressed with me. Up
: to this point, the only thing I've ever done
: is put gas in one hole and a key in another
: (and I'm sure I've even come close to mixing
: those up from time to time).
:
: Cheers

:
: OK, here you go: Sparkplugs gap at .035 (.30 is
: a typo I hope ; - )
:
: Distributor Contact Points, gap at .020 which
: should give a dwell of 40-42º
:
: Initial timing advance should be 6 to 8º BTDC
: but back-off if you hear "pings".
:
: Valve Adjustment, Intake Lash at .010 and
: Exhaust at .020
: (do a search for Valve Adjustment (all) and
: read-up on the process)
: DD

: Eep...nope not a typo. Guy at the parts counter
: told me the plug gap was .30 and even looked
: up in his computer what plugs I needed
: (which were pre-gapped to .30). S'okay.
: Pulling them all out again and re-gapping
: will be good for me.

:
: My guess is that you really gapped them at
: .030, machanic's "slang" would be:
: "Gap them at 30", meaning 30
: thousands of one inch, written as .030
: The "book" calls-out .035 gap which
: is what I would expect the pre-gap to be.
: .030 will be fine, a little tight but it
: will wear-in. .30 is just over a 1/4 inch,
: (.250) I don't think the plug would take
: that large of a gap.
:
: Keep asking questions, as they say, the only
: dumb question is the one that was never
: asked.
: DD