Tech Tip
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Melting Slicks
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From: Howard PA
Tech Tip
Sometimes you find yourself looking for TDC by yourself, to time your dist. whatever. Better than having a buddy use his finger or buying a real whistler I came up with one of those "it's so simple it's stupid" moments.
Grind it, wire wheel the threads and you've got your own home made whistler. Someone else may have thought of this but I've never seen it anywhere.
Grind it, wire wheel the threads and you've got your own home made whistler. Someone else may have thought of this but I've never seen it anywhere.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Howard PA
Originally Posted by MikeC4
OK....what does this plug do? whistle when the #1 is at full compression stroke or what??? 
Last edited by ALLT4; Jan 15, 2005 at 10:07 PM.
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OK, so it whistles when you have the piston at TDC under compression so I take it that you have to be under the hood adjusting the distributor manually and using the whistle as a guide to tell you where the engine firing order is at? You're answer came up right after I posed my question. Now I get what you're saying. That would be a great idea when installing a distributor.
Last edited by netnarc3; Jan 15, 2005 at 10:11 PM.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Austin Texas
Originally Posted by ALLT4
Yeah, sorry, I thought it was fairly obvious. When ever you hear the PFFFFFTTT you know it's coming up to compression then just line up the marks on the balancer whatever, install distributor.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Howard PA
Originally Posted by 1989redvette
could just stuff a paper towel in the hole.. #1 cylinder is right there on the drivers side and with that clam shell hood ya can definatly see.. 
However there's no mistaking the ridiculously loud hiss that plug makes.
Melting Slicks
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From: Belews Creek north carolina
St. Jude Donor '05
make sure you put a patent on that 
that is a great idea all those years i thought you just stuck a screwdriver in the hole and when it bent in half that was tdc just kidding
that is a great idea all those years i thought you just stuck a screwdriver in the hole and when it bent in half that was tdc just kidding
