Bill, You aint been paying attention. :) I bought $350.00 worth of air compressor, tank and tools. That's how I got the crank pulley off. Folks are also saying I could be 180 degrees off because #1 piston is TDC 2X for every one revolution of the distributor. --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> wrote: > Pigeon Forge is a year away... > > One tooth makes all the difference in the world. Translates into a LOT > of rotor travel (how many teeth are on the worm gear? Divide 360 by > that and you'll see what you're up against). Despite my best efforts, > got mine one off (removed to better access heater core take off). Seem > to remember something interfering with far swing in direction I needed > to go. Pulled upper air assembly off AGAIN (by that time was getting > real good) and reinstalled one tooth over. Success. > > You can diagnose with timing light as you rotate engine with starter > motor only. Slow, but it does work. Either jump the solenoid, or con a > willing family member into turning the key. > > You did re-index TDC cylinder #1... (stock PRV has two marks on crank > pully so it doesn't matter which stroke you were on). > > BTW: How did you finally remove crank pully? I've got to replace seal > in timing case cover so mine's coming off too. > > Bill Robertson > #5939 > > >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote: > > Ok kids, here's what's happening: > > > > I bought a big honkin' Optima battery. I discovered my grounds and > > battery connections were dirty so I cleaned them up. That got the > > starter to engage. Hooked up the alternator belt and the little wire > > for the "discharge" light on the dash. Oil, coolant, etc. > > > > By now, it was getting dark, so I didn't fool with it for long. > > > > The engine squeaks. It's -bone dry-. I did my best to get the timing > > as close as I could, but the car didn't start. It tried once or > > twice. I had a helper crank the engine, and I felt it puff a feeble > > sort of back fire a couple of times. > > > > I think it's the timing. I feel very confident that I set the chains, > > pistons, and valves correctly. I rotated the engine by hand, and > > nothing was interfering. The distributor though... > > > > Here's what I did: Set piston 1 at TDC. Then I set the rotor in the > > distributor in line with electrode #1 in distro cap. I then installed > > the distributor and put the cap on, making sure they were still in > > line. > > > > Hm...TDC? It's supposed to be 13 degrees -before- TDC, right? Am I an > > entire gear tooth off, or can I adjust 13 degrees with the swing in > > the distributor? > > > > The really good news? The engine isn't pukeing any fluids. > > > > Come on guys, I'm close. Help me out, I want to go to Pigeon Forge! > > > > Rich > > #5335