<VV> Distributor....180 Degrees off

[Secular]

  I'm learning :)

  If I feel pressure, the piston is either coming up from the 
  bottom of the intake stroke or coming up from the 
  bottom of the power stroke. 

  Since I don't know which, I'm looking for vacuum. When I feel 
  vacuum, the piston is pulling in mixture to compress, and 
  therefore the _next pressure_  I feel is that of the 
  compression stroke. 

  I'll Keep rotating the Harmonic balancer (CCW) until the timing 
  marks line up and I'll almost certainly be at TDC unless I've 
  made some gross error of judgment :)

  Having said all that, I think Padgett has made an excellent point, 
  namely, the harmonic balancer maybe installed without the 
  woodruff key and 180 out.

  Regards,


  Tony

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: BobHelt at aol.com 
  To: rusecular at yahoo.com ; virtualvairs at corvair.org 
  Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 8:27 AM
  Subject: Re: <VV> Distributor....180 Degrees off


  In a message dated 10/23/2006 3:15:21 AM US Mountain Standard Time, rusecular at yahoo.com writes:
    ummm...lol 

    Take a look at the second post at these sites:
  Ummmm, Tony,
  There's TDC and then...there's TDC. In fact, there are two TDCs for each engine cycle. The important thing is to get the right one. That's when the piston is coming up on the compression stroke. 

  Regards,
  Bob Helt