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Old 03-18-2010, 05:22 PM
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Yes they have springs, they're just a pain in the butt to change compared to an MSD. You basically have to disassemble the whole distributor if I remember correctly.

Easiest thing to do would be to verify TDC....then get a timing light, check base timing, then just grab the carb and open it up slowly until the time quits advancing...then have someone peek in the car and look at the tach. You can tell if it's a quick curve or not.
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