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Tman · 04-11-2006, 12:18 PM

The best way i have found to get #1 to compression stroke is to unhook power to the HEI, pull the #1 sparkplug, then have a buddy tap the starter switch to slowly turn the engine. With your finger over the sparkplug hole and him bumping the starter over when #1 comes up you will hear compression escaping, stop cranking. Then you can turn by hand back or forth to line up timing marks on the crank. As for the dist. I like to have #1 where it is supposed to be but it will work as explained above. To get it right I take a long reg. screwdriver and put it down the dist. hole in the intake to turn the oil pump so the tab lines up right to get the rotor pointed to the #1 position. This can take a few tries to get right, but with practice isn't to hard. Good luck.

04-11-2006, 12:18 PM	#12
Tman Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Reynolds, ND Posts: 78	Re: starting engine for first time The best way i have found to get #1 to compression stroke is to unhook power to the HEI, pull the #1 sparkplug, then have a buddy tap the starter switch to slowly turn the engine. With your finger over the sparkplug hole and him bumping the starter over when #1 comes up you will hear compression escaping, stop cranking. Then you can turn by hand back or forth to line up timing marks on the crank. As for the dist. I like to have #1 where it is supposed to be but it will work as explained above. To get it right I take a long reg. screwdriver and put it down the dist. hole in the intake to turn the oil pump so the tab lines up right to get the rotor pointed to the #1 position. This can take a few tries to get right, but with practice isn't to hard. Good luck.