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mtdave2 · 08-02-2002, 02:15 PM

maybe im missing something, but i see this question alot on here.
to me, if you are just putting in a distibutor. i pull #1 plug, put on my remote starter so i can bump the engine.. put my thumb over the plug hole and bump the engine untill i hear air rushing around my thumb. like gordo said.

that means that #1 is on the compresion stroke. then i just put the dist. in so that the rotor is pointing at the #1 post. works everytime.

you dont have to be exactly at tdc to put in the distb. you adjust the fine timing by moving the distrib!

08-02-2002, 02:15 PM	#7
mtdave2 newly minted old timer Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hudson WI Posts: 3,507	maybe im missing something, but i see this question alot on here. to me, if you are just putting in a distibutor. i pull #1 plug, put on my remote starter so i can bump the engine.. put my thumb over the plug hole and bump the engine untill i hear air rushing around my thumb. like gordo said. that means that #1 is on the compresion stroke. then i just put the dist. in so that the rotor is pointing at the #1 post. works everytime. you dont have to be exactly at tdc to put in the distb. you adjust the fine timing by moving the distrib! __________________ ____________________________________________ 72 c20 longhorn 65k org miles and counting! 69 k10 Suburban Last edited by mtdave2; 08-02-2002 at 02:18 PM.