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·I pulled the distributor this
I pulled the distributor this weekent to clean and lubricate the advance mechanism and clean up the inside of the distributor cap. When I re-installed it I did so with the rotor 180 deg backwards. No biggie I caught that when it would not start.
So now I have lost my starting point.
I moved the flywheel to the PM1-6 mark which indicates TDC and installed the distributor so that the "lower rotor" was pointing to the No.1 plug mark on the distributor. OK, so far so good.
Well the car will not start; will backfire but not start. It's very humid outside today and the plugs probably got wet the first time around; always a little hard to start when this happens.
I have spark; checked a plug on each bank with a spark plug checker as my wife turned the car over.
I decided to step back, have a cold one and ask for help.
I am going to recharge the battery, install new plugs tomorrow and have a go at it.
My question is have I set the timing correctly enough for it to start or should I have set it to the AF10 mark. I think what I have done is correct so far which is that the PM1-6 mark on the flywheel is now ligned up with the No.1 plug mark on the distributor.
Correct?
Thanks gentlemen,
Drew
I pulled the distributor this weekent to clean and lubricate the advance mechanism and clean up the inside of the distributor cap. When I re-installed it I did so with the rotor 180 deg backwards. No biggie I caught that when it would not start.
So now I have lost my starting point.
I moved the flywheel to the PM1-6 mark which indicates TDC and installed the distributor so that the "lower rotor" was pointing to the No.1 plug mark on the distributor. OK, so far so good.
Well the car will not start; will backfire but not start. It's very humid outside today and the plugs probably got wet the first time around; always a little hard to start when this happens.
I have spark; checked a plug on each bank with a spark plug checker as my wife turned the car over.
I decided to step back, have a cold one and ask for help.
I am going to recharge the battery, install new plugs tomorrow and have a go at it.
My question is have I set the timing correctly enough for it to start or should I have set it to the AF10 mark. I think what I have done is correct so far which is that the PM1-6 mark on the flywheel is now ligned up with the No.1 plug mark on the distributor.
Correct?
Thanks gentlemen,
Drew