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04Xrider · 12-13-2006, 11:23 PM

You need to get the number one piston up on top dead center on the compression stroke. Find the number 1 wire on the cap and that is where you want the pointer to land when you get it seated. Number one is the front plug on the drivers side. You can pull that plug and turn the engine over till you start getting compression, then just line up the mark on the balancer with your timming pointer. Somtimes you have to turn your oilpump drive rod with a screwdriver to get the distributor to drop in where you want it.

12-13-2006, 11:23 PM	#2
04Xrider Registered thread killer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Cookson, OK. Posts: 349	Re: hey i have a ? on putting my distribtuer back in You need to get the number one piston up on top dead center on the compression stroke. Find the number 1 wire on the cap and that is where you want the pointer to land when you get it seated. Number one is the front plug on the drivers side. You can pull that plug and turn the engine over till you start getting compression, then just line up the mark on the balancer with your timming pointer. Somtimes you have to turn your oilpump drive rod with a screwdriver to get the distributor to drop in where you want it. Last edited by 04Xrider; 12-13-2006 at 11:27 PM.