Re: [Amc-list] How do I install a distributor

[Wayne E LaMothe <superglider@xxxxxxxx>]

Yep, I try to spin it with a wrench on the balancer bolt to see when
compression comes up on the #1 cylinder.  

On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:56:52 -0700 Steve Cornelius
<steve.c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Wayne E LaMothe wrote:
> > Other may do it differently but line up the timing mark on the 
> harmonic
> > balancer with the zero degree mark.  Use a long screwdriver and 
> rotate
> > the oil pump slot until it is pointing to 11 O:clock.  Drop the 
> dizzy in
> > and the rotor should swing around to the number 1 wire spot.  
> Should be
> > close enough to work.  Worse case is that it is 180 out.
> 
> Also, if you do a "thumb check" for compression on the #1 cylinder
> (assuming normal rotating direction), you'll then know when it's at 
> the
> top of it's compression stroke, ready for the plug to fire. That 
> should
> eliminate the possibility of being 180 off.
> 
> This is easier if you have a helper, but can be done alone.
> 
> - steve c. (trying not to be a useless list-lurker ;)
> 
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