Static Timing

[Bob_Fla]

On the mounting plate of 1984 850T distributor, how can you rotate the plate?
The left plate is held by two screws but the right (base) cannot be rotated because of the screws that hold the mount for the wires.
Instructions say to rotate the plate but it can only go so far. Not enough to line up with the static mark.
Can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong?
Thanks

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

On the mounting plate of 1984 850T distributor, how can you rotate the plate?
The left plate is held by two screws but the right (base) cannot be rotated because of the screws that hold the mount for the wires.
Instructions say to rotate the plate but it can only go so far. Not enough to line up with the static mark.
Can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong?
Thanks

You set right cylinder timing by rotating the "distributor".

[guzzisteve]

2 bolts at bottom.

[bigbikerrick]

Some of my most frustrating moments with Guzzis, have been getting the timing right on a dual point tonti Guzzi. I eventually have always ended up installing a Dyna III ignition. Its nice to be able to set the timing perfectly, and then forget about it.  With the points, I never really could tell if any running issues were caused by carburetion, or ignition.
Rick.

[n3303j]

Some of my most frustrating problems were the result of electronic ignitions going intermittent.

I see the occasional Dyna issue crop up on this site. Device sometimes leaves rider looking for a trailer.

Never had points / coil /condenser be anything but reliable. First set of points on my T3 passed the 50K mile mark before I changed them out of guilt.

(Just converted my Ural to points after expensive lessons from PowerArc.) The confidence this simple system provides....