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**mr48chev** · 01-05-2020, 02:22 AM

I've done hundreds of them just as he said but I only pull #1 plug.

It's not a bad idea to find that ball first and put a little dab of white or other bright easy to see paint on it. I's a lot easier to see with the timing light too.

If you still have the stomp starter it may be a challenge to bump it over and it would take a real good helper. It's probably going to take several tries and some fussing.

Most of them don't have a bolt holding the damper and pulley on but you could turn it with a ratchet or breaker bar and socket and either keep your finger over the hole or watch the rotor turn until it gets to the spot where the number 1 wire is and the points are opening. If it is timed right the timing ball should be showing.

By the way I used to have students who could start a 289 ford engine on a training stand that had the distributor laying on top of it with the wires all pulled out of the cap and off the plugs in under 2 minutes. The record was a little over one minute. That was pulling 1. bringing it up on compression and lining up the marks, dropping the distributor in, setting it to fire on 1 tightening it down, putting the cap and wires on and firing it up.

01-05-2020, 02:22 AM	#3
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,838	Re: points to HEI I've done hundreds of them just as he said but I only pull #1 plug. It's not a bad idea to find that ball first and put a little dab of white or other bright easy to see paint on it. I's a lot easier to see with the timing light too. If you still have the stomp starter it may be a challenge to bump it over and it would take a real good helper. It's probably going to take several tries and some fussing. Most of them don't have a bolt holding the damper and pulley on but you could turn it with a ratchet or breaker bar and socket and either keep your finger over the hole or watch the rotor turn until it gets to the spot where the number 1 wire is and the points are opening. If it is timed right the timing ball should be showing. By the way I used to have students who could start a 289 ford engine on a training stand that had the distributor laying on top of it with the wires all pulled out of the cap and off the plugs in under 2 minutes. The record was a little over one minute. That was pulling 1. bringing it up on compression and lining up the marks, dropping the distributor in, setting it to fire on 1 tightening it down, putting the cap and wires on and firing it up. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.