Quote: CVPost-jm. (quoted from post at 00:50:29 12/30/21) I guess I just am old and have a l lot of experience but you can time that thing in about 5
minutes. Remove the #1 plug put you thumb over the hole and turn the engine until you are certain
the #1 is coming up on compression then take a something and feel in the hole until you have it
right on top dead center. Take the cap off and look where the rotor is pointing. Put the cap on and
put the # 1 wire there then follow the wiring order. It will crank thenm loosen the distributor
hold down and adjust by ear.
Attempted to do that. However, the radiator on this thing does not allow enough clearance to get a socket and ratchet on the crank bolt making it nearly impossible to rotate the engine around. I am at the point I may weld up some kind of attachment to get it to work. Right now I managed to get the motor turned enough to get the rotor pointing at #1 but I don't know how close I am. This thing is not the easiest thing to work on. I'll pull the other plugs to get this thing to spin easier.
I figured if I could see a timing mark I would know I was close and then do what you said by ear to dial it in. I'll probably end up doing exactly what you suggest.
This post was edited by greymond on 12/29/2021 at 04:28 pm.
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