Topic: Yes...it will go in 180 out....!

[techy5025]

Well....

after trying for ten minutes to fire up the Sandcast engine with only
occasional backfires for success I decided to "recheck" the timing.  I
statically set it when putting the engine back together.

Come to find out that the cam that activates the points can be
installed 180 out so I was closing the points rather than opening
them at TDC.    Reversing the cam resulted in the engine starting
although with lots of help from the choke so something is still not
quite right.......but it runs so I am happy for today. 

....I guess this is better then finding out that the camshaft was put in 180
out. 

Jim

[Bodi]

...I guess this is better then finding out that the camshaft was put in 180
out. 

There's really no "180 out" on the cam... if you set it 180 out - timing mark straight down instead of straight up - one turn of the crank will get you back to 1-4 TDC and voila! the cam is the "right way up".

[techy5025]

I guess in that case reversing the points cam would fix it. Two
wrongs make a right??     The next owner would be in
for a shock though. 

Jim

[Terry in Australia]

Just plug the blue into the yellow wire, and vice versa.