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Jan 31, 2023 | 12:11 PM

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Keithfowl

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Engine timing direction?

Hand cranking the timing on the engine, not the distributor…. does it matter which direction it rotates? I’ve been told different things.

it’s a 1986 f150 5.0l, EFI

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Feb 1, 2023 | 01:37 AM

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1949f1

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I have done it both ways over about 40 years and never had any trouble but the best way I find is to pull the plugs out and put a socket on the crank and use a ratchet and turn it clock wise from looking at the front of the engine.

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Feb 1, 2023 | 05:51 AM

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Turn the engine the normal way it runs, which I think is clockwise on the pulley. That will take any slop out of the timing chain and will also make the advertised firing order be correct.

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Feb 1, 2023 | 09:51 AM

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White Lightnin'

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I always turn the crank clockwise

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