MOTO GUZZI 850-T3 Owner's Manual page 45

44 Checking and adjustment of ignition timing «fixed advance»
(fig. 31)
Checking
• remove the rubber cap which seals the in-
spection hole on the right side of the gear box :
• to find the exact moment when the points
"A» and «S» in fig. 30 start separating, it is advi-
sable to use a suitable timing light device moun-
ted in, between the breaker feeding clamp and
the ground.
Timing the right cylinder (see fig. 31)
• rotate the flywheel anticlockwise until the pi-
ston is at the end of its compression stroke
(both valves closed) . In this position, mark "0 ,,
on the flywheel (TOC of right cylinder) should
coincide with mark ,, 1» on the rim of the ispec-
tion hole:
• rotate the f"wheel clockwise until the fly-
wheel J"1ark
«2 "
(fixed advance) is in perfect
coinc idence with mark «1» on the rim of the
inspection hole. In this position the ignition fixed
advance r.1a
r
k
«2 "
is
2°
from TOC
(<<0 ,,)
that's
2 :
the beginning of the points
~eparation
(<<A» in
fig. 30) .