On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 19:33, Brian Hagen wrote: > Matt, > > Are you sure? I manually aligned the notch on the timing mark at TDC. I > then removed the distributor and realligned it so the rotor pointed at > Cylinder 1. (so at TDC, the rotor points to Spark Plug one). Wouldn't that > be correct? The crankshaft goes around TWICE for every revolution of the distributor. The timing mark lines up TWICE with the distributor one one of two places. 50% chance you got it wrong! You set the distributor to poitn to #1 cylinder when #1 is at the top of the COMPRESSION STROKE. Here's my simple way of figuring out when #1 is at the top of the COMPRESSION STROKE: 1. pull the wire off the coil or distrib cap so you can crank it without starting! 2. Pull #1 spark plug. 3. Stick your finger in the hole (really). 4. Using a remote starter, or a clip lead from battery + to starter solenoid, turn the motor over a wee bit at a time. CLICK... CLICK... 5. At some point the motor will fart your finger out of the hole. That's the compression stroke! 6. Now align the timing mark with TDC. (You can usually turn the motor a little with your hands on a non-clutch fan if you use your other hand to squeeze the fan belt and keep it from slipping.) Then install the distributor pointing to #1.