OK overall have distributor in with Teamrush ingredients added and it actually starts but I am still having timing (I thinks it's the timing)issues. It will start, run and idle fine but it has a serious drag when starting kinda like over advanced. can somebody post a picture of there distributor w/out the cap with TDC and rotor pointing at the # 1 to make sure it's correct. This is for an 304 V8, I am almost there
9 chances out of 10 you have the rotor in the wrong place...
take a look at this diagram from the service manual...
Notice where the #1 plug wire is located here?
Do NOT WORRY ABOUT WHERE THE ROTOR
*WAS* ON THE OLD DISTRIBUTOR!
You need to put the distributor cap on the NEW DISTRIBUTOR,
Figure out which terminal is supposed to be #1,
And mark THAT TERMINAL on the new distributor!
Then you make the rotor line up with that mark when you install it!
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Remove spark plug from #1 cylinder.
Use a HAND WRENCH/SOCKET to turn the engine with,
DO NOT use the starter to locate the compression stroke!
Find COMPRESSION STROKE of #1 cylinder.
Once you have
VERIFIED compression stroke is starting,
Then you can move on...
When compression starts,
Use a wooden dowel rod or chop stick to locate the top of the piston in the cylinder though the spark plug hole.
Feel for the piston to move when you rotate the engine with the wrench.
When the piston reaches
TOP DEAD CENTER (TDC),
Where the piston is farthest 'UP' in the cylinder,
That will be TDC of #1 On Compression Stroke.
WARNING: There is a TDC of EXHAUST STROKE in a 4 cycle engine, so you MUST verify COMPRESSION STROKE,
Then make sure you find TDC of COMPRESSION STROKE!
Once you have
VERIFIED Compression Stroke,
And you have
VERIFIED TDC,
Then, and
ONLY THEN, can you have a look at the Harmonic Balancer 'Hash' mark...
The 'Hash Mark' on the balancer should line up (roughly) with the 0° (zero) mark on the timing scale on the front engine cover.
In this picture, it shows '0°' mark as 'TDC'...
If your balancer 'Hash' mark lines up (more or less, within a few degrees) with the '
TDC' mark shown in the picture, then your balancer is
VERIFIED...
The next thing you should do is mark the #1 spark plug terminal location on the distributor body,
Then flip the distributor cap and see if the rotor is pointing at the #1 mark you made...
NOW REMEMBER!
The Prestolite distributor, Jeep/Motorcraft distributor, and Delco-Remy breaker point distributors all index at different places!
If I were you, I'd use the above diagram from the service manual (and the #1 on the cap) to index your distributor from...
If you distributor rotor IS NOT pointing at the mark you made on the distributor body, then you need to lift the distributor and try again to get it where it's supposed to be...
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Keep in mind that the distributor rotor is going to ROTATE CLOCKWISE as you insert it in the engine!
The distributor gear is 'SPIRAL CUT' so it's going to rotate on the camshaft gear as it seats...
This means you want to back the rotor up about one plug wire terminal space before you install the distributor so the rotor will STOP MOVING in the correct place!
If it dosn't drop into the correct postion, DON'T PANIC!
I used to do this every day for a living, and I still have to lift the distributors and try again on occasion,
It's really no big deal to lift and try again...
The only other thing you need to know is...
Sometimes the oil pump shaft will hold the distributor up about 1/2" from seating on the timing cover...
This is NORMAL.
Turn the engine TWO complete revolutions BY HAND and bring the 'Hash' mark on the balancer back up to the 'TDC' mark on the timing cover and check the rotor for alignment.
Since the oil pump drive shaft will seat in the first half turn of the engine, that's not the issue with having to turn the engine TWO full revolutions...
This is a '4 Stroke' engine, so to get back to TDC OF COMPRESSION STROKE again,
And that takes TWO COMPLETE REVOLUTIONS anytime you come off TDC of #1 Compression stroke.
One revolution would put you at the top of TDC of EXHAUST STROKE, exactly 180° OUT from where you want to be.
TWO Revolutions, back to TDC mark with the 'Hash' mark on the balancer,
Then see if the rotor lines up with your #1 Mark on the distributor housing...
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Once you VERIFY,
Compression stroke,
TDC,
Balancer,
Distributor/rotor location,
Then you can put the cap back on and run the plug wires were they need to go.
Again, take a look at the diagram from the service manual and run the plug wires to the correct locations on the cap and plugs,
And I ALWAYS double check before I try and start an engine after putting the plug wires back on!
It's just TOO EASY to get a plug wire in the wrong place, and it happens to the best of us!
Once everything is
VERIFIED, you can then rest assured your ignition is going to work correctly!