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Originally Posted by westofb
When you are setting the points, you are setting the base of the points as the stopping point, as the follower comes up on the lobe it is pushing the spring loaded part of the points away from the fixed base.
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Now that's correct...I think I misinterpreted your previous post, and then wasn't seeing it quite correctly in my mind.
Yes, once the points are closed the pushrod is floating in there. But still, it wouldn't matter, as that situation still exists whether you have the cam properly timed to the crank, or off a tooth. The points lobe is an eccentric circle, which I think results in more uniform motion of the points plunger (the lobe for the fuel pump is the same way, probably for the same reason) and like I said before, there is so much adjustment range that it won't matter. You can set the points to be open all the time, closed all the time, and anything in between. All you are doing by changing the fixed point is adjusting the angle the cam is at when the points open, so as a result you could compensate for the cam being off a couple teeth and therefore not be able to ascertain whether or not the crank/cam are timed to each other correctly.
I think we are beating a dead horse at this point anyway, since I thought Dave posted pictures of his correctly-aligned timing marks. Or am I thinking of someone else?