Erratic Timing

I’ll have to go double check for play in the timing chain. It’s only one degree error +/- but it’s still frustrating. The engine was supposedly rebuilt about ten years ago with higher compression and cam, but you never know. The oil definitely stays too clean for the engine to be original, tho.

Good to know it’s not a huge deal. I’ll probably just put a tack weld of the pins and file them down. There doesn’t seem to be any play anywhere else in the distributor except maybe in the tang/slot. The intermediate shaft and bushing doesn’t have any noticeable play.

So to get the timing to advance earlier, should I ditch the big spring? I don’t really know what it’s doing past 4k...