<VV> Distributor....180 Degrees off

[Roger Gault]

When things reach the "can't be" stage, I look for what I'm absolutely sure
of that turns out to be absolutely wrong.  I think this is the same thread
that started out about timing using #6.  It occurs to me that every car in
the world has the front two cylinders as #1 and #2 - except the
Corvair........
Are we absolutely sure that #1 is #1?

Roger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <BobHelt at aol.com>
To: <rusecular at yahoo.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Distributor....180 Degrees off


>
> In a message dated 10/22/2006 7:43:57 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> rusecular at yahoo.com writes:
>
> On both  cylinders, with the rotor pointing to the respective cylinder,
> he's  found the TDC - however - the timing notch on the harmonic
> balancer, is all the way @ the bottom ( at 6  o'clock).
>
>
>
> Tony,
> This can't be. TDC must occur when the timing mark is at or near the 0 on
> the scale. Have him rotate the crank CCW until the timing mark is at the 0
and
> at the same time he feels the compression with his finger. Then he is
really
> at  TDC.
> Then insert the distributor so that the rotor is pointing to the #1
terminal
> on the cap. If the dist wont go in all the way, rotate the oil pump  with
a
> long handled screwdriver to locate the notch so that the dist will seat
all
> the way with the rotor pointing to #1.
>
> Regards,
> Bob Helt
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