no idea where the timing is.
Yeah its starting to make sense.
moved it to 12BTC.
marked the dist under #1 tower
pulled the cap and the rotor was 180 out from the #1 tower location
So how far am I supposed to turn it. All the way until the mark lines up with the rotor
Sorry for the handholding...just don't want to screw up here
This means that the engine is ready to fire on no6 instead of no1, if the distributor is in correctly and you had it running, so it should be I forgot to mention this What this means is, you have to rotate the engine ONE turn to get the dist. around to no1
To start at the beginning, in order to drop the distributor in, here ya go:
To determine if the dist is on the right stroke (no1 compression) there are two different ways
1. If the valve cover(s) are off, bring the timing marks up to your timing point. Look at no6/ no1 valves. If no1 valves are both closed, no1 is ready to fire. If both no6 valves are closed, no 6 is ready do fire
2 Second method, if valve covers are on, is to remove no1 plug, stick your finger in the hole, and bump the starter until you START to feel compression. You might have to "go round" a couple of times to get the feel.
When you START to feel compression, turn your attention to the timing marks, which should be "coming up." Continue to bump/ wrench the engine until the marks are at your timing point.
NOW you have no1 "up and ready to fire," and the dist. rotor should be pointing to no1