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Well I messed around with the timing light yesterday and figured out the problem. I tried moving the rotor one tooth forward and one tooth back with no success. I then took the disty out, and rotated the whole assembly one tooth clockwise (without turning the rotor within the disty. This changed my ...

I don't think you can ask for a more complete answer than that. Thanks!

I've been told it could also be advance weights "freezing" in the open (advanced) position. I can test that by taking the cap off, twising the rotor a bit and making sure that it "springs" back.

Yes I did. I removed the outer most vacuum tube on the vac advance and plugged it.

Hey all, this is my first post, so hopefully I make it count. . .

I just purchased a 1984 Tercel SRS and changed all the fluids, belts and gave it a general tune-up this weekend. Everything went fine except for the timing.

When we went to time the engine, it was advanced by about 25 degrees! I ...