Confused about timing magneto with crank

[GigaShad]

Manual states to line crank flywheel up with timing mark, which puts no. 1 cylinder at TDC.

Then says to line up magneto pulley with timing mark on the distributer mount bracket. That’s simple enough to do, however, the mount moves because the ignition advance rail is disconnected. But even if it were connected what throttle position should timing be set at?

Manual doesn’t mention this.

I marked the ignition advance rail before disconnecting it, so I can put it back where it was when I purchased it. But I plan to go through proper steps on setting that for myself vs trusting what it was set at.

Here’s a video if that explanation wasn’t clear.

 

[GigaShad]

Manual states to line crank flywheel up with timing mark, which puts no. 1 cylinder at TDC.

Then says to line up magneto pulley with timing mark on the distributer mount bracket. That’s simple enough to do, however, the mount moves because the ignition advance rail is disconnected. But even if it were connected what throttle position should timing be set at?

Manual doesn’t mention this.

I marked the ignition advance rail before disconnecting it, so I can put it back where it was when I purchased it. But I plan to go through proper steps on setting that for myself vs trusting what it was set at.

Here’s a video if that explanation wasn’t clear.

Ended up finding instructions on how to set the advance rod. Set that first, at full throttle the carb, distributer and advance shaft all just max out on their stops.

Then decided to set throttle to idle and line up distributer timing marks. This seemed right.