Timing all messed up on 1979 gs750

[Guest]

Good afternoon all! Trying to get my timing set on my gs750. I set cylinder to tdc on the mark on the spark advance according to my manual. I checked cylinder 4 and it was not at tdc. I turned the crank and tdc was at the 1T mark on the spark advance. I have no idea how to fix this. Timing is all messed up now. Help please!
Kevin

[chuck hahn]

1T IS TDC for 1 and 4. Youll see a 1-4 marking the 2 cylinders the timing mark applies to. youll see a T and an F. T is top dead center for both 1 and 4 since they both go up and down in tandem. What is it your trying to accomplish?

[Chief771]

Thank you for the reply. I am trying to get the timing correct
After more investigation I found I may have a bad condensor..

[chuck hahn]

reset the points gaps while youre in there. use a timing light to get it spot on.

[Chief771]

Thank you for the reply. I am trying to get the timing correct
After more investigation I found I may have a bad condensor..

[Chief771]

As it turns out there is no spark on cylinders 1 and 4 but good spark on 2 and 3. The condenser for the 1 and 4 points is bad. Soon as those come in I will be fixing them.