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Fri Dec 09, 2005 7:43 pm Post subject:
Is my distributor in right? |
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Here's what I did.
I pulled the distributor and bought a new one (the pickup coil was bad
and I decided to just replace the whole distributor). I screwed up
what I was told. I was told to turn the engine till the timing
pointer was lined up with the groove in the balancer wheel, and the #1
plug wire in line with the rotor. Then to mark the distributor
housing where the rotor was pointing. I did all of this, except for
one thing. I thought I had the #1 plug wire, but did not notice they
were crossedin the loom, so I had the rotor pointing to the #7 wire
instead.
I transferred my pencil mark from the old distributor to the new one
and put the distributor in with the rotor pointing to the exact same
place. I never turned the engine in between, except after the new
distributor was already meshed in the gear, I had to turn the engine
by hand to get the oil pump lined up. Then I returned the timing
pointer back to the line and the rotor pointed toward the #7 wire
again.
I am thinking I should be OK, but not sure?????
Will this work?
Mark
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Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:37 pm Post subject:
Re: Is my distributor in right? |
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maradcliff@UNLISTED.com wrote:
| Quote: | Here's what I did.
I pulled the distributor and bought a new one (the pickup coil was bad
and I decided to just replace the whole distributor). I screwed up
what I was told. I was told to turn the engine till the timing
pointer was lined up with the groove in the balancer wheel, and the #1
plug wire in line with the rotor. Then to mark the distributor
housing where the rotor was pointing. I did all of this, except for
one thing. I thought I had the #1 plug wire, but did not notice they
were crossedin the loom, so I had the rotor pointing to the #7 wire
instead.
I transferred my pencil mark from the old distributor to the new one
and put the distributor in with the rotor pointing to the exact same
place. I never turned the engine in between, except after the new
distributor was already meshed in the gear, I had to turn the engine
by hand to get the oil pump lined up. Then I returned the timing
pointer back to the line and the rotor pointed toward the #7 wire
again.
I am thinking I should be OK, but not sure?????
Will this work?
Mark
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You'll know when you try to start it. rotate to 0 again
Mind the engine hits TDC twice a cycle. So the dist at 0' will either
point to cyl 1 or 180deg out.
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Yeh, I'm a Krusty old Geezer, putting up with my 'smartass' is the price
you pay..DEAL with it! |
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Rick
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Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:51 pm Post subject:
Re: Is my distributor in right? |
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<maradcliff@UNLISTED.com> wrote in message
news:j01jp1l0d5uvi42c38tdon24uvrtadecei@4ax.com...
| Quote: | Here's what I did.
I pulled the distributor and bought a new one (the pickup coil was
bad
and I decided to just replace the whole distributor). I screwed up
what I was told. I was told to turn the engine till the timing
pointer was lined up with the groove in the balancer wheel, and the
#1
plug wire in line with the rotor. Then to mark the distributor
housing where the rotor was pointing. I did all of this, except for
one thing. I thought I had the #1 plug wire, but did not notice
they
were crossedin the loom, so I had the rotor pointing to the #7 wire
instead.
I transferred my pencil mark from the old distributor to the new one
and put the distributor in with the rotor pointing to the exact same
place. I never turned the engine in between, except after the new
distributor was already meshed in the gear, I had to turn the engine
by hand to get the oil pump lined up. Then I returned the timing
pointer back to the line and the rotor pointed toward the #7 wire
again.
I am thinking I should be OK, but not sure?????
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If it runs and you can set initial timing, it's OK. If it runs but you
can't get to initial, you can advance or retard the distributor by a
tooth.
If you can't get it started, put #1 at TDC compression and start over.
I had been wondering why you pulled the distributor to change the
pickup coil....
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Sat Dec 10, 2005 2:53 am Post subject:
Re: Is my distributor in right? |
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On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:51:25 GMT, "Rick" <notta@goodone.com> wrote:
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maradcliff@UNLISTED.com> wrote in message
news:j01jp1l0d5uvi42c38tdon24uvrtadecei@4ax.com...
Here's what I did.
I pulled the distributor and bought a new one (the pickup coil was
bad
and I decided to just replace the whole distributor). I screwed up
what I was told. I was told to turn the engine till the timing
pointer was lined up with the groove in the balancer wheel, and the
#1
plug wire in line with the rotor. Then to mark the distributor
housing where the rotor was pointing. I did all of this, except for
one thing. I thought I had the #1 plug wire, but did not notice
they
were crossedin the loom, so I had the rotor pointing to the #7 wire
instead.
I transferred my pencil mark from the old distributor to the new one
and put the distributor in with the rotor pointing to the exact same
place. I never turned the engine in between, except after the new
distributor was already meshed in the gear, I had to turn the engine
by hand to get the oil pump lined up. Then I returned the timing
pointer back to the line and the rotor pointed toward the #7 wire
again.
I am thinking I should be OK, but not sure?????
If it runs and you can set initial timing, it's OK. If it runs but you
can't get to initial, you can advance or retard the distributor by a
tooth.
If you can't get it started, put #1 at TDC compression and start over.
I had been wondering why you pulled the distributor to change the
pickup coil....
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Thanks
I am going to give it a try (to start it) today.
I had a mechanic tell me the only way to change the pickup coil was to
pull the distributor. I now question that, because I still had to
remove the reluctor. I think I could have done it without removing
the dist. although it could have been a pain to get that reluctor off.
(Actually it was a pain to get the dist. apart anyhow, thats why I
replaced the whole thing. At a difference of $20 I was not going to
argue). I think I wasted 3 hours trying to get that gear off the
bottom of the dist. Apparently a gear puller is needed.....
Mark |
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Rick
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Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:34 am Post subject:
Re: Is my distributor in right? |
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<maradcliff@UNLISTED.com> wrote in message
news:54rjp1tst92bntsf3242av0ac4ohp8b0hf@4ax.com...
| Quote: | On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:51:25 GMT, "Rick" <notta@goodone.com> wrote:
maradcliff@UNLISTED.com> wrote in message
news:j01jp1l0d5uvi42c38tdon24uvrtadecei@4ax.com...
Here's what I did.
I pulled the distributor and bought a new one (the pickup coil
was
bad
and I decided to just replace the whole distributor). I screwed
up
what I was told. I was told to turn the engine till the timing
pointer was lined up with the groove in the balancer wheel, and
the
#1
plug wire in line with the rotor. Then to mark the distributor
housing where the rotor was pointing. I did all of this, except
for
one thing. I thought I had the #1 plug wire, but did not notice
they
were crossedin the loom, so I had the rotor pointing to the #7
wire
instead.
I transferred my pencil mark from the old distributor to the new
one
and put the distributor in with the rotor pointing to the exact
same
place. I never turned the engine in between, except after the
new
distributor was already meshed in the gear, I had to turn the
engine
by hand to get the oil pump lined up. Then I returned the timing
pointer back to the line and the rotor pointed toward the #7 wire
again.
I am thinking I should be OK, but not sure?????
If it runs and you can set initial timing, it's OK. If it runs but
you
can't get to initial, you can advance or retard the distributor by
a
tooth.
If you can't get it started, put #1 at TDC compression and start
over.
I had been wondering why you pulled the distributor to change the
pickup coil....
Thanks
I am going to give it a try (to start it) today.
I had a mechanic tell me the only way to change the pickup coil was
to
pull the distributor. I now question that, because I still had to
remove the reluctor. I think I could have done it without removing
the dist. although it could have been a pain to get that reluctor
off.
(Actually it was a pain to get the dist. apart anyhow, thats why I
replaced the whole thing. At a difference of $20 I was not going to
argue). I think I wasted 3 hours trying to get that gear off the
bottom of the dist. Apparently a gear puller is needed.....
Mark
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Can be done with the distributor installed-the reluctor is held on by
a roll pin that runs the length of it. Usually you can remove the
reluctor with a couple of screwdrivers or a battery terminal puller. A
few other clips and the pickup assembly comes right off....
Good luck with the rest of it |
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