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V · 07-05-2006, 12:13 AM

u still gotta make sure its TDC on the compression stroke, otherwise you still run the chance of the dizzy being 180 out.

matt, honestly, many people use slightly different methods and thatll confuse you. you can use a tool, your finger, a compression gauge, pull the heads, etc. Easiest is to pull the #1 spark plug, put your finger over the hole and turn or have someone turn the crank towards TDC 0* mark. On the compression stroke, you will feel air pushing out of the sparkplug hole, that there is TDC compressionwith your finger, if you feel nothing, keep turning the crnak a full revolution and check again, when you get it and feel it, youll see what i mean. Now once thats now at 0* LEAVE IT, lol. when you put the distributor back in, you'll want to try to get the rotor to point towards the general area of the back drivers corner of the carb. Mark exactly where it points once it slips all the way in. When you put the cap on and the wires, wherever the mark is where the rotor points, thats the terminal you'll want to connect the #1 wire, then attach the rest of the plug wires going clockwise as per the firing order.

also with the cam, TDC doesnt matter when installing it, only matter when putting the dizzy back in. when putting the cam in, there are the 2 timing chain gears, on those gears there are 2 dots. the bottom dot(crank gear) will be at 12 0'clock position and the cam gear dot will be at 6 o'clock position. Once those are lined up, reinstall the cover etc, and then manifold. at that point you can then worry about finding TDC like i explained above.

07-05-2006, 12:13 AM	#13
V Stalker Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 12,082 iTrader: (12)	u still gotta make sure its TDC on the compression stroke, otherwise you still run the chance of the dizzy being 180 out. matt, honestly, many people use slightly different methods and thatll confuse you. you can use a tool, your finger, a compression gauge, pull the heads, etc. Easiest is to pull the #1 spark plug, put your finger over the hole and turn or have someone turn the crank towards TDC 0* mark. On the compression stroke, you will feel air pushing out of the sparkplug hole, that there is TDC compressionwith your finger, if you feel nothing, keep turning the crnak a full revolution and check again, when you get it and feel it, youll see what i mean. Now once thats now at 0* LEAVE IT, lol. when you put the distributor back in, you'll want to try to get the rotor to point towards the general area of the back drivers corner of the carb. Mark exactly where it points once it slips all the way in. When you put the cap on and the wires, wherever the mark is where the rotor points, thats the terminal you'll want to connect the #1 wire, then attach the rest of the plug wires going clockwise as per the firing order. also with the cam, TDC doesnt matter when installing it, only matter when putting the dizzy back in. when putting the cam in, there are the 2 timing chain gears, on those gears there are 2 dots. the bottom dot(crank gear) will be at 12 0'clock position and the cam gear dot will be at 6 o'clock position. Once those are lined up, reinstall the cover etc, and then manifold. at that point you can then worry about finding TDC like i explained above.