Bill Crowell
Well-Known Member
Is the distributor rotor on an RB engine supposed to point in a particular direction when the engine is firing no. 1 cylinder?
I just replaced my timing set. I think the plug wires had been previously moved to compensate for chain slack.
The rotor is now pointed toward no. 2 cylinder (the previous cylinder in the firing order) when the engine should be firing no. 1 cylinder. In other words, the rotor is pointing almost toward the front of the right cylinder head, rather than toward the alternator, as it apparently did before.
Is it OK to just move the plug wires around by one cylinder, or is that too redneck? Should I pull the distributor instead, point the rotor some particular way, and then re-do the plug wires?
Thanks again, all.
I just replaced my timing set. I think the plug wires had been previously moved to compensate for chain slack.
The rotor is now pointed toward no. 2 cylinder (the previous cylinder in the firing order) when the engine should be firing no. 1 cylinder. In other words, the rotor is pointing almost toward the front of the right cylinder head, rather than toward the alternator, as it apparently did before.
Is it OK to just move the plug wires around by one cylinder, or is that too redneck? Should I pull the distributor instead, point the rotor some particular way, and then re-do the plug wires?
Thanks again, all.