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06-15-2007 03:27 PM #12
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"First and foremost, the No. 1 piston must be at TDC. Check this by removing the spark plug and placing a finger over the hole. As compression stroke finishes pushing air out of the hole, the piston is at TDC and properly set. Lower the distributor into the engine while making sure the rotor is pointing directly toward the No. 1 spark plug lead. The trick is getting the rotor to face the proper direction while mating the oil-pump drive with the distributor shaft. If necessary, use a long flat-head screwdriver to rotate the pump drive. A few tries and the distributor should mate with the oil-pump shaft and have the rotor facing close to the No. 1 plug lead. With a little timing advance, the engine should easily fire and allow you to set the total timing."
When installing the gears with the crank gear at noon and the cam gear at 6 PM and with the #1 piston at TDC, that is #1 piston firing position. Rotate the motor 360 degrees and both gears will be at noon with the #1 piston at the overlap position and #6 at the firing position. At that point, you could have the rotor at any position you want, as long as the rotor points to the cap position to accept #6 plug wire. This is not where you position the rotor to #1 wire, but to #6. Continue rotating the crank clockwise another 360 degrees with your thumb over #1 plug hole and you'll feel compression because #1 is coming up on compression to fire. That's when you drop the distributor into position to have the rotor pointing to 6:30 PM and run the #1 plug wire from the cap hole closest to 6:30 on the cap.
Your post:
"you will notice both dots at 12 o'clock and #1 is ready for the distributor."
Not for any SBC I ever built. #6 is ready, not #1.
Warrior, I plan to keep doing this until either you understand me or I understand you.
PLANET EARTH, INSANE ASYLUM FOR THE UNIVERSE.





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