rajin cajin

Its been many years since I've rebuilt a motor so work with me. I am about to drop the distributor back in. I am on compression stroke. I pulled #1 plug, felt compression with my finger and used a flash light to watch piston come up and come to a complete stop. I should have bought the piston stop tool but an trying to get the motor back in the car today or tomorrow. Is the point or tip of the large V or mark on the balancer TDC, and should I back the piston down?? I'm thinking this is about 10 degree before TDC. trying to get it right the first time around.

scottyp99

That's actually about 4 degrees after TDC. The engine spins clockwise as viewed from the front. TDC can be very hard to achieve with the Mark 1 Calibrated Eyeball, especially when peering through a sparkplug hole, as there is very little movement when the piston is within a few degrees of TDC. I'd set it at o and call it good enough for government work.

Edit: Your timing tab should jibe with the one in figure 4 on this page:

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/rep...00c1528007d98a

Scott

rajin cajin

Thanks Scott. Its coming back to me slowly in my old age.

lars

As Scott stated, you're after top center in the photo. You want to set it up at about 12 before. You can e-mail me for my paper, "How to Install your Distributor" for complete instructions and photos of the process.

Lars
V8FastCars@msn.com

rajin cajin

Appreciate it Lars. E-mail sent.

scottyp99

In my earlier post I said to set it at 0, I was thinking you just wanted to get to TDC. Of course you'll need some advance for start-up, like Lars says. Sorry about that.

Scott

rajin cajin

Thanks guys. I'm at 12 BTDC. Dropped the distributor in. Walked the rotor to pointing directly at the front right tower for #1 cylinder. I think I'm spot on.

scottyp99

Looks good from my house. Now, fire that ***** up!

Scott