help with timing please

[SURGEY POOH!!!]

i tried the advance timing and i think i messed it up could someone help?
it was doing fine i think i set it at 12 degrees but idk hahaha
when i turn it on it cranks twice then starts up nice for a while then when i started it later it would struggle to start?

 

[CC'S95GT]

did you pull the spout connector? did you use a timing light? was the car up to operating temp?

 

[SURGEY POOH!!!]

the first time i didnt pull the spout but then i read you have to so the second time yes. and yes i did but mine has a nob that you can set it anywhere from 0-50 degrees what do i put it on ? and yeah it was a operating temp. and the distributor is like turned CW so much that the flat metal part it hitting the engine and wont turn anymore

did you pull the spout connector? did you use a timing light? was the car up to operating temp?

 

[CC'S95GT]

Set the knob on the timing light to 0.
Put the spout back in and rotate the dizzy back to where you started from.
Now start from scratch and pull the spout.

 

[SURGEY POOH!!!]

what happens when you turn it with the spout in?

Set the knob on the timing light to 0.
Put the spout back in and rotate the dizzy back to where you started from.
Now start from scratch and pull the spout.

 

[modo]

the knob on the light is for cars that dont have a lot of marks... it uses zero as a reference so if the knob is at ten then your balancers zero=10, if the knob is 20 then zero=20... get it?

leave the knob at zero, pull the spout, and adjust the timing to 12-14 by rotating the distributor, lock the distributor, re-check its where you want it, then put the spout back in

 

[modo]

what happens when you turn it with the spout in?

Set the knob on the timing light to 0.
Put the spout back in and rotate the dizzy back to where you started from.
Now start from scratch and pull the spout.

with the spout in the computer has full control over timing with its advance in place. when you remove the spout you remove the computer from modifying the timing and it is static.

 

[SURGEY POOH!!!]

so i should turn the dizzy CCW with the spout in then disconnect the spout then put the gun at 0 and turn it to 12 to 14 degrees right? sorry for all the questions im newb trying to learn everything i can i dont want to break it its my only car and poor so yeah

what happens when you turn it with the spout in?

Set the knob on the timing light to 0.
Put the spout back in and rotate the dizzy back to where you started from.
Now start from scratch and pull the spout.

with the spout in the computer has full control over timing with its advance in place. when you remove the spout you remove the computer from modifying the timing and it is static.

 

[CC'S95GT]

yup

 

[SURGEY POOH!!!]

the car wont die right when i turn the dizzy CCW ? and another thing when would i know when it starts to ping? and thanks for all your guys help

yup