Distributor basic setting

[Jay Kempf]

Hello all,

Back at the avant today. I have the engine at TDC and am investigating 
basic timing settings. I set this years ago. Never moved it. It is 
solid. The rotor shaft is solid but the rotor points way below the 
forward pointing horizontal making me think that maybe the distributor 
is 1 whole tooth off assuming 14 teeth is around 26 degrees. The 
question is if that is the case how was it ever running at all or how 
did it move? Maybe the gear is damaged and has a side that is torn up 
letting it skip. So far I know my timing belt didn't slip and everything 
else looks like it is lining up properly. Hope I can pull the 
distributor to check it without pulling the intake back off. It's pretty 
tight back there. Last thing I need to check after this is the pin on 
the flywheel just to be sure and then a lot of continuity checking in 
the harness is last if everything else checks out OK.

Question about basic setting. Without the factory tool to align the tip 
of the rotor to the shell notch... Does the tip of the distributor rotor 
end up over the scribe line on the body of the distributor? That is 
assuming holding the distributor against it's advance spring as it shows 
in Bentley. I did this a LONG time ago and can't remember what I did 
other than following the book.

UGH! When I get whatever it is this engine will be good for a long time 
because everything that it needs to run will have been touched and 
refreshed. Frustrating.


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regards,

jfk

802 272 5868