Cheking the timing with pamco ignition

[Jramos13]

i dont have a strobe timing light available and i want to see if i am at least in the ballpark on the correct timing for my cl350, can i remove the plugs ground them and turn the rotor to the mark to see if it fires? would this damage something? is there any other way to check it without a strobe?

 

[mydlyfkryzis]

Leave the plugs in. If you put the bike on a center stand, if you still have it on, or have some one hold it level, you can take the alternator cover off and still run the engine. There will be minor engine oil leaks.

If you can, buy a badly gouged (CHEAP) spare alternator cover and drill a one inch hole near the timing marks. I did this for my CB360, the placement is similar.

I can use a strobe and nearly no oil spray or loss...

 

[trek97]

WTF Mydlyfkryzis. Sometimes I just dont understand city folks. round here we have stuff like dust and rain and gravel driveways. its only 3 screws and you can make a new gasket out of a manilla file folder.

here $19.99 and quit fuckin around...If you take minimal care of it will last a very long time. Ive had mine for 25 years. and still works great.
http://www.harborfreight.com/xenon-timing-light-3343.html
the best part is...its done and done right. and when you need it agian...it will be there sitting on the shelf.

 

[Rich Ard]

Re: Re: Cheking the timing with pamco ignition

WTF Mydlyfkryzis. Sometimes I just dont understand city folks. round here we have stuff like dust and rain and gravel driveways. its only 3 screws and you can make a new gasket out of a manilla file folder.

here $19.99 and quit fuckin around...If you take minimal care of it will last a very long time. Ive had mine for 25 years. and still works great.
http://www.harborfreight.com/xenon-timing-light-3343.html
the best part is...its done and done right. and when you need it agian...it will be there sitting on the shelf.

Ha - i don't think you get his point...that's just for testing timing. I have a spare bored out to check timing on my 450 - when it's dialed in i put the good one back on

 

[mydlyfkryzis]

Well, us City folk (I live in a Log Cabin, with a state forest as my backyard, FWIW) don't leave the holed alternator cover on. We just use it so we can time the motor with a strobe and not kill the environment with hot engine oil. We know to put the intact cover back on after the timing was done.

I made that cover nearly 35 years ago. If you country Folk would just RTFM, you would see the cover with a hole in it listed in the manual as a "special Tool", on the same pages the four prong oil filter nut wrench is on. ;D

 

[cqyqte]

I did the same thing, but added a small feature a circular piece of clear plexiglass pressed into the one inch hole. Did I say I hate cleaning up oil off the bike table.... I know I'm a bit anal! :-[

 

[Jramos13]

i actually had a spare cover but i sold it, ill see if i can buy a timing gun, harbor freight doesn't ship to PR Can i at least test it with a continuity meter or something in the meanwhile?