setting my 302 to tdc to get the timing close - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

synds9 · 12-07-2003, 10:30 AM

i redid my intake manifold gaskets and marked the dist and everything put it back together but it seems like it's a tooth off when i go to start it. how do i get it to tdc and get the timing as close as possible?

and i need this truck tommorow for work

noclinkers · 12-07-2003, 10:49 AM

Take out the no.1 plug and put your finger over the hole ( disconnect the coil) and have someone bump the engine over until the compression pops your finger off the hole. You are now on TDC. No. 1 plug wire goes where the rotor is sitting...Some like the rotor to face the No. 1 hole but, that is personal preferance. Hope this helps, Bob

12-07-2003, 10:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
synds9 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Member # 10360 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 633	setting my 302 to tdc to get the timing close i redid my intake manifold gaskets and marked the dist and everything put it back together but it seems like it's a tooth off when i go to start it. how do i get it to tdc and get the timing as close as possible? and i need this truck tommorow for work

12-07-2003, 10:49 AM	#2 (permalink)
noclinkers 4x4 ADD Join Date: Sep 2003 Member # 23026 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 1,209	TDC. Take out the no.1 plug and put your finger over the hole ( disconnect the coil) and have someone bump the engine over until the compression pops your finger off the hole. You are now on TDC. No. 1 plug wire goes where the rotor is sitting...Some like the rotor to face the No. 1 hole but, that is personal preferance. Hope this helps, Bob

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