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Ok I had another look at the pick-ups today and someone correct me on this if I'm wrong
The coils are mounted and are still mounted on the base plate I have not removed them at all, now the base place has a pivot point and adjustment bolt correct ? I'm assuming that the coils them self have to be aligned the the correct distance from the crank rotor , Isn't the adjustment bolt bolt there to adjust your timing ??? for when you install the timing sensor tool and I'm assuming you use a timing light on the front head to adjust the timing is that correct ?
Cheers

The pivot and lock bolts are there to set the distance to the rotor it is usually set with the tool in place. Very minor adjustments can be effected externally but accuraccy suffers. You really don't know how close the pickup is to the rotor.

right.........so there is no way to adjust the timing, is the timing therefore self adjusting ? or once you set up the pick up base plate you then with the cover removed set up the factory tool aligning the pick up poles at a set distance from the rotor and with this done therefore also sets the base timing .... !

use the factory pickup tool to set the pickups

check timing with a strobe

if it is off, you rotate the part of the factory tool that aligns the pickups and reset the pickups

repeat process

remember the tool really only sets the pickups the correct distance apart from eachother, and the correct distance from the rotor.

Martin, Yes the static timing per the tool is the base. 4deg I think. the advance is then done by the ign boxes in 2 steps. The distance from the rotor affects the timing as well as the position before or after the tdc position due to the voltage generated by the passing rotor tits.