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BLACK AND BLUE 67-72 · 02-10-2007, 10:42 PM

If the distributor is installed 180 degrees out will the engine still run?

*rage'nrat638* · 02-10-2007, 10:49 PM

more popping than anything else

heres every thing you need to know

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krue · 02-11-2007, 09:21 AM

It will run perfectly....if you wire it 180 degrees out.

kenm78 · 02-11-2007, 09:32 AM

You can just pull you cap and plug wires off and start your firing order from where your Rotor is sitting and just adjust your distributor by twisting it. That is if you do not want to pull it again.. Just my .02

crazy longhorn · 02-11-2007, 07:53 PM

180 out on the old points distibs.....a quick "git er done" , was cut the square peg off the rotor & turn it 180. square pegs dont fit round holes too easy(not without some screamin anywho

) Hell, if you set that #1 piston tdc (compression stroke), you can dump that dist in any damn way you like......just start # wire where the rotor is pointed(allready mentioned above).......

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**slomotion** · 02-11-2007, 08:21 PM

It's not just the dizzy. You are better off to just roll the eng to #1 TDC, turn your dizzy shaft a little past where the rotor would match up with the cap's #1 wire, then lower it into the block and be sure it seats completely flush with the block. Don't forget that the dizzy shaft drives the oil pump! It will only seat correctly or 180 out.

msgross · 02-11-2007, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krue

It will run perfectly....if you wire it 180 degrees out.

or in Australia!

*rage'nrat638* · 02-11-2007, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slomotion

It's not just the dizzy. You are better off to just roll the eng to #1 TDC, turn your dizzy shaft a little past where the rotor would match up with the cap's #1 wire, then lower it into the block and be sure it seats completely flush with the block. Don't forget that the dizzy shaft drives the oil pump! It will only seat correctly or 180 out.

that would be a little behind where it would line up with #1 on the cap
installing it spin's forward, removing and it spin's backward

**slomotion** · 02-11-2007, 08:37 PM

Thasright! Just DO incorporate the oil pump!

02-10-2007, 10:49 PM	#2
rage'nrat638 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: THE FALL GUY CHICAGO IL Posts: 5,883	Re: Distributor Position more popping than anything else heres every thing you need to know http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=225820

02-11-2007, 09:21 AM	#3
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	Re: Distributor Position It will run perfectly....if you wire it 180 degrees out. __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

02-11-2007, 09:32 AM	#4
kenm78 Broken Down Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Choctaw, Oklahoma Posts: 1,267	Re: Distributor Position You can just pull you cap and plug wires off and start your firing order from where your Rotor is sitting and just adjust your distributor by twisting it. That is if you do not want to pull it again.. Just my .02 __________________ kenm78 1982 Chevy 4X4 Project truck “It’s better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder about your ignorance, than open your mouth and reveal all doubt”

02-11-2007, 07:53 PM	#5
crazy longhorn Fabricate till you "puke" Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ill Posts: 9,402	Re: Distributor Position 180 out on the old points distibs.....a quick "git er done" , was cut the square peg off the rotor & turn it 180. square pegs dont fit round holes too easy(not without some screamin anywho ) Hell, if you set that #1 piston tdc (compression stroke), you can dump that dist in any damn way you like......just start # wire where the rotor is pointed(allready mentioned above)....... L __________________ 69 longhorn,4" chop,3/5 drop, 1/2 ton suspension/disc brakes,1 1/2" body drop,steel tilt clip, 5.3/Edelbrock rpm intake/600 carb, Hooker streetrod shorties,2 1/2" exhaust/ H pipe/50's Flows , 6 spd Richmond trans,12 bolt/ 3.40 gears....

02-11-2007, 08:21 PM	#6
slomotion Old Duffer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maine Posts: 1,822	Re: Distributor Position It's not just the dizzy. You are better off to just roll the eng to #1 TDC, turn your dizzy shaft a little past where the rotor would match up with the cap's #1 wire, then lower it into the block and be sure it seats completely flush with the block. Don't forget that the dizzy shaft drives the oil pump! It will only seat correctly or 180 out. __________________ '68 Short C20 Flatbed Dually w/ 292 4bbl, Langdon cast headers, and WC T5 trans. '81 G10 Shorty Van "Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement." Will Rogers "Under promise, then over achieve."

02-10-2007, 10:42 PM	#1
BLACK AND BLUE 67-72 Firefighter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Yellville, Ar, USA Posts: 1,943	Distributor Position If the distributor is installed 180 degrees out will the engine still run? __________________ '72 Chevy SWB 350 Auto '67 GMC LWB 350 4 speed '70 Chevy 4x4 Stepside 350 Auto Yellville, Ar. USA

02-11-2007, 08:37 PM	#9
slomotion Old Duffer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maine Posts: 1,822	Re: Distributor Position Thasright! Just DO incorporate the oil pump! __________________ '68 Short C20 Flatbed Dually w/ 292 4bbl, Langdon cast headers, and WC T5 trans. '81 G10 Shorty Van "Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement." Will Rogers "Under promise, then over achieve."



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