need help!! distributor problem
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From: milton usa
need help!! distributor problem
351m ok i had my distributor out earlier to fix the vacuum advance(the plate stuck)stupid me i dont know why i even took it out of the truck.???????? but anyway when i went to put it back in i found tdc on compression stroke.then i lined the rotor button up with the #1 tower on the cap. still wouldnt start? ive done this twice gettin fire
gettin fuel i dont understand it...
gettin fuel i dont understand it...
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need help!! distributor problem
Probably off a tooth?
I'd start over by making sure you're on the compression stroke. Don't back the engine up to get there. You want all of the slack out of the timing chain. Then with the crank set to about 10° advanced, turn the distributor with the key on from a retarded position toward advanced until the coil fires. Snug the distributor down so it won't turn on its own and put the cap etc. back on. This should get you close enough to fire.
Hope this helps.
Greg
I'd start over by making sure you're on the compression stroke. Don't back the engine up to get there. You want all of the slack out of the timing chain. Then with the crank set to about 10° advanced, turn the distributor with the key on from a retarded position toward advanced until the coil fires. Snug the distributor down so it won't turn on its own and put the cap etc. back on. This should get you close enough to fire.
Hope this helps.
Greg
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From: ny
need help!! distributor problem
1 disconnect coil
2 pull no 1 spark plug
3 put thumb over #1 spark plug hole
4 rotate engine till compression pushes your thumb off and stop
5 your now on compression stroke
6 put dist. in hole with rotor pointing at no. 1 tower
7 set dist down in make shure rotor is facing no 1
8 snug down dist just enough to turn it
9 hook up everything and your ready to start!!!
2 pull no 1 spark plug
3 put thumb over #1 spark plug hole
4 rotate engine till compression pushes your thumb off and stop
5 your now on compression stroke
6 put dist. in hole with rotor pointing at no. 1 tower
7 set dist down in make shure rotor is facing no 1
8 snug down dist just enough to turn it
9 hook up everything and your ready to start!!!
