install the distrubitor.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2000
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From: Sweden/Stockholm
install the distrubitor.
Can you install it "wrong"?
Does it matter how you turn the dis during install? I thougt that the only thing to consider is to have the NO1 piston at TDC, and the distrubitor pointing at no1 spark wire?
Does it matter how you turn the dis during install? I thougt that the only thing to consider is to have the NO1 piston at TDC, and the distrubitor pointing at no1 spark wire?
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From: El Paso Texas
Re: install the distrubitor. (AGENT 86)
It has to be TDC on the compression stroke. You could install it 180 degrees off if your not paying attention.
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Absolutely. You could also be a tooth or more off. The best thing to do BEFORE removing your distributor is set your engine to TDC on the #1 cylinder compression stroke, and then make a mark on the distributor body relative to the intake, and another mark inside on the shaft relative to the distributor body. When you're ready to reassemble, just put the engine back on #1 TDC compression, line up the marks when you drop it in, and she's timed. :smash:
Racer
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From: edmonton ab
Re: install the distrubitor. (devilfish)
Absolutely. You could also be a tooth or more off. The best thing to do BEFORE removing your distributor is set your engine to TDC on the #1 cylinder compression stroke, and then make a mark on the distributor body relative to the intake, and another mark inside on the shaft relative to the distributor body. When you're ready to reassemble, just put the engine back on #1 TDC compression, line up the marks when you drop it in, and she's timed
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From: El Paso Texas
Re: install the distrubitor. (devilfish)
hmm ok..
But i still dont udnerstand how you can install it 180 degrees wrong?
But i still dont udnerstand how you can install it 180 degrees wrong?
Oh, one more note. If you have difficulty reinstalling due to the oil pump lining up on the distributor shaft, it can be turned with a long screwdriver.
