[DanEC]

Crud - I just remembered that that mark Keith's shop put on the damper was to use to power tune full advance of 40 deg - not for the initial advance. I forgot that over the last 2 years. So I have to pull about 22 degrees of initial advance out of it. Damn impossible to read the stamped marks on that black balancer from above. I'm going to have to get underneath and mark the TDC and other major timing marks on it. That explains my complaining starter motor but what's the thing going to idle like with all that advance pulled out of it. Something seems out of whack. Since I've only been running it at idle and winging the throttle slgihtly a few times - no harm.

Chas - that's pretty much how I adjust my Plymouth and Corvette so nothing new on that. I guess you just go through the same process on both carbs - one at a time and go back and forth from one to the other a couple times until it's kind of wiggled in as best as possible.