install points and have felt pad resting on center peak of one of the cam lobes in the distributor, if you use a paper match stick between the points and then tighten the adjuster down you will be real close, if you have a dwell meter you want to set the points between 28 degrees and 32 degrees.
thickness of a paper matchstick or if you have a dwell meter set the dwell at 30 degrees.
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28 to 32 degrees on the dwell, if you set it at 30 you will be perfect.
If you have a dwell meter set the points between 28 and 32 degrees, I usually set them right at 30 degrees.
I forget what the setting was but if you set them with a paper match stick it will be real close.
thickness of a paper matchstick or if you have a dwell meter set the dwell at 30 degrees.
Use a timing light
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If your points aren't too short, the easiest way to remove your dart points is to put the dart with the dart point in a pop-rivet gun, squeeze the trigger and your point will stay in the rivet gun and your barrell will fall out minus the point, easy!
28 to 32 degrees on the dwell, if you set it at 30 you will be perfect.
To replace the ignition wire set on a 1998 Dodge Stratus ES 2.5L, you must first disconnect the wires under the instrument panel. You would then hook it up in the exact same order.
If you have a dwell meter set the points between 28 and 32 degrees, I usually set them right at 30 degrees.
The point gap should be set for 30 degrees dwell.
For a 1969 Lincoln, the point gap is set at .017, and the spark gap should be set at .035.
Set the #1 cylinder at TDC on the compression stroke. Adjust distributor so that the rotor point directly at the #1 spark plug wire in the distributor cap. Any deviation will be corrected by the PCM. You're done.
Ignition timing for 2000 Dodge 3.9L engine is set and maintained automatically by the engine's electronic control module and is not possible to change.
It could be the ballast resistor on the firewall is bad or the points could be bad or not set right or the coil could be bad too, also I have seen the distriburator gear on the bottom of the distriburator come off, also make sure the timing chain hasn't broke.