HOW DO YOU TIMED THE ENGINE WHEN THE DISTRIBUTOR BEEN REMOVED AND THE ENGINE BEEN DISTURBED
Jul 28, 2011 at 2:39 PM
RASMATAZ
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Put the engine no.1 piston on its compression stroke/TDC and install the distributor making sure the rotor is pointing to the no.1 cap tower
Jul 28, 2011 at 2:52 PM
WRENCHTECH
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Ras's instructions will get you close enough to get it started but you will need a professional scan tool to set it correctly. It's not timing that you are setting. The timing is not adjustable. You are synching the cam and crank signals and that takes a scan tool.