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I would have
thought that the folks at Sportsman would have considered that, too.
Before that we had the boat at the Swap Market repair shop in Paducah,
and the folks there thought they had it repaired. (Actually the
proprietor of the place in Paducah did correct the timing for us,
among other things.)

Let's hope that he "corrected" the timing so that the max advance did not
exceed 21 degrees.
If he "corrected it" to the 23 or 27 degrees on the facotry 70's timing
stickers - todays gas will kill it (dead) via detonation damage. 21 degrees
is now "DA RULZ" for the Towers of Power.

-W (PS they cool off pretty quick - "cold" start is relative)