I have done a search and have not been able to find an answer to my questions. I also have a shop manual. I am overhauling the engine and everything was out.
The cam gear is timed to the crankshaft correctly. I'm on compression stroke. I have it on the timing mark at UDC 1-6. When I try to time it by the manual, my #1 is in a different position. When I disassembled the engine, I marked everything and when I time it by the old marks, everything comes out right, even my points opening. It might have been a replacement engine and have been timed wrong then. I can't find anything in the manual where #1 should be on the distributor cap, and the distributor cap is not marked. Can anyone tell me where #1 is on the cap? It is an Auto-lite distributor. I bought 2 rotors for the distributor and they both fit very loose on the shaft. They have metal spacers inside the rotor. Is there more than one distributor rotor for this vehicle?
I would rather time it to the original #1 than move wires around to catch it up.
The cam gear is timed to the crankshaft correctly. I'm on compression stroke. I have it on the timing mark at UDC 1-6. When I try to time it by the manual, my #1 is in a different position. When I disassembled the engine, I marked everything and when I time it by the old marks, everything comes out right, even my points opening. It might have been a replacement engine and have been timed wrong then. I can't find anything in the manual where #1 should be on the distributor cap, and the distributor cap is not marked. Can anyone tell me where #1 is on the cap? It is an Auto-lite distributor. I bought 2 rotors for the distributor and they both fit very loose on the shaft. They have metal spacers inside the rotor. Is there more than one distributor rotor for this vehicle?
I would rather time it to the original #1 than move wires around to catch it up.
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