Setting timing correctly on my 44 H

Posted by tanner clark on December 31, 2004 at 14:13:07 from (69.243.23.210):

Ok I know it is New years eve but today was the first chance I have had in a while to trouble shoot the tractor. Ok the old Dist. I was able to make the shaft seperate the points 4 times per revolution, but it wasn't spinning evenly so only 1/4 of a revolution would be at the 0.020 gap and the rest were wider. So I hooked up the other Dist. and it works perfectly, and I have power to the spark plugs, so the electronics are finally completed. So now I need to time the Dist. and the motor. I am reading the manual on how to time the Dist, and then also how to time the Dist to the motor. It seems easy on paper but I have a few questions. When setting the Dist to the Motor it says to set the no:1 cylnder to TDC. to determine which plug gets the no:1 plug wire. This sound good but how do you know when it is at TDC without taking the head off? I have been told to take the plug out and feel the cylinder with your pinky but I have not felt anything in there. The other question is, is that the book says the no:1 cylinder is the one closest to the radiator, however when I look at the motor it shows the firing order left from right (Rear to front of motor) as 1-3-4-2, so now I am confused on what to do or which one to set? I am trying to learn as best I can so please bare with me. But the main thing is how to set the motor and no: cylinder to TDC so you can get the timing correct? Thanks in advance.

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