The Force (factory) service manual came today. It explains how to set the timing at crank and running. Also gave the carb adjustment procedure. The timing should be set to 32 at cranking and 30 at WOT. It also states to screw the timing rod IN to increase timing and OUT to decrease. For some reason I had to screw out to increase my timing . I set the timing rod in the middle to start ( I'll go back and set timing correctly). I adjusted the. Carbs as described which (mixture) was one turn out, then 1/8 in until stumbles then out 1/6 at a time, plates in the back closed...set the bar, etc. fired it up and no skipping. As I turned the timing rod screw in, the idle increased. Gave it some gas and no breaking up or sputtering. I must be doing something wrong in setting the timing before because I had to unscrew the timing rod to increase timing and the manual says that should decease it. Previous advice (other than Jiggz) was to start the idle mixture screw at 1.5 then adjust...not sure if that made a difference. This timing thing has me stumped.
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