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Gas Engine Valve & Ignition Timing

The following article is by the courtesy of Edward L. Fleming, 1027 Meadowbrook Road, Iola, Kansas 66749 and he states: "This is a copy of a gas engine timing instruction sheet distributed by Kansas State College (now Kansas State University) about 1935. These instructions were given to me by my uncle who was a vocational agriculture instructor. I thought it might be helpful to a lot of your readers."

PURPOSE: To give a definite procedure for checking the valve and ignition timing of a single cylinder gas engine and for retiming if necessary.

EQUIPMENT: Rule and string, or tape, wrenches, pliers and tram.

EXPLANATION:Farm gas engines are generally of the four-stroke cycle principle and use valves to admit and exhaust the fresh and burned gases. Contrary to the belief of many, the valves do not open and close at the ends of the strokes, but vary from this as much as 45...

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