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Derek
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removed distributor but forgot to mark the position of rotor
On 2 Jul 2004 15:35:57 -0700,
(Han) wrote:
Thanks for the info.
I already took the heads off for a valve job. Is there a way to just
look at the piston?
If your heads are still off, there isn't much point in trying to get
the timing set. I guess you could drop the 2 push-rods down the #1
sleeves and rotate the engine by hand. As the piston comes to it's
highest point (TDC) and both push-rods are at their lowest points,
this would indicate a good time for the #1 plug to fire, actually just
before this point, but the rotor should be lined up pretty close to
the #1 plug wire.
Once the heads are on, confirm your setting as indicated by previous
poster.
If I remember correctly, once it's all together and the timing is set,
the distribtor sits pretty square to the engine (???). By this I mean
that the 2 bolts/clips that hold the distributor cap on run along the
same axis as the crank, or is it perpendicular? I use this as a quick
check to see if a tooth has been skipped. Obviously this will change
slightly as the timing is adjusted, but if they sit 10 or more degrees
off.... This is just my observation from these motors and I could be
way off base here.
Good Luck
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