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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: OLIVEHURST CA
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dISTRUBUTERS HAVE ALWAYS BAFFLED ME
To th epoint where thats the only thing left on my truck after i tore it down... Lastnight i went to but my cap on my dizzy to try and start truck.. set thge engine at tdc, timing mark at 0. but rotor not pointing to no 1 cylinder on the head. did it three times and the only time the no 1 piston was at th every top and my timing marks where at 0 the rotor pointed toward the driverside firewall.... The truck ran fine whern i bought it and it made the 50 mile trek home no problem... I got it to start and run exactly where everything origionally was from the. How in th e world is my rotor supposed to point towards my no 1 cylinder.. i always though the distrubutor only went in two ways.. im so confused... then my buy told me the only reason i can only get it to go in two ways is because of the oil pump.. wow that got me even worse!!!
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: harvard, il. USA
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Re: dISTRUBUTERS HAVE ALWAYS BAFFLED ME
In a nutshell....
...find compression stroke TDC of cyl #1. ...insert dizzy and rotor. End of dizzy has a slot to connect w/the oil pump. ...where rotor is pointing to on the cap is #1. It makes no difference if the rotor is pointing front, back or sideways, that is #1. ...install cap, add remaining plugs. If the engine is a sbc/bbc, firing order is 1 8 4 3 6 5 7 2 HTH..good luck...don t. .... |
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Re: dISTRUBUTERS HAVE ALWAYS BAFFLED ME
maybe start with a good service manual// verify TDC by using a piston stop to verify timing marks and location then stab distributor for proper location
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Re: dISTRUBUTERS HAVE ALWAYS BAFFLED ME
It's explained real nice in the back with pictures of the "How to rebuild your small block Chevy" book. I always turn to that when I have to refresh my memory.
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