Another HEI ?

[brennecke]

I just put in a hei distributor. I left all the wires on the points cap so i wouldn't loose track of where each went, but now I'm looking at the big hei cap thinking it doesn't look the same at all. How do I know which wire goes where. I gather from the last post that the #1 is next to the tach. So are they all in line clockwise from there? If so, I can find the number one on the points cap and then go around clockwise and switch to the hei cap. Does that sound right?
Also, I put a mark on the firewall directly ahead or the rotor on the poins dist. I put another on the engine where it pointed when it came out. I used the mark on the engine to start the hei distributer down the hole right, and then set it into place. It seems to me that the rotor is off the mark on the firewall by about 15 degrees. The hei does sit lower than the points did, but am I off a tooth? How can I tell before I start it up?

[Mike C]

WIth the intake valve closed and the balancer at TDC, #1 is where ever the rotor is pointed. In order from there: 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2.

[Fast68Chevy]

and is clockwise in that roder*

the best way to do this is to set the engien at #1 firing position before removing the old dizzy so that then you set #1 wire on the tower ont he HEi cap tat the rotor is pointing at, then you cant lose,.

good luck

[Blue68]

One other point to make, the location of the plug wire connections are not quite the same as on a points. You may find that in order to get the timing right you will have to reset the distributer one more gear tooth counter clockwise. I've had to do this twice over the years. If you don't get it set far enough back, you won't be able to turn the distributor because the vacuum canister will hit the intake runner.

If you have a shop manual for the 67 - 8? trucks, it shows the different locations for the distributors. The order is the same, and they are generally located the same, just a few degrees different when viewed from above.