Re: Installing ignition dist

["Dave Swingle" <dswingle@xxxx>]

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, "DMC Joe" <dmcjoe@xxxx> wrote:
> To position the #1 cylinder at TDC, with the aid of an assistant, 
bump the
> starter via the ignition switch or put the car in gear and push the 
car
> until the crankshaft pulley #1 cylinder notch is lined up with the 
#1
> cylinder plate notch. Reinstall the distributor by positioning the 
rotor
> approximately 30 degrees clockwise of the #1 reference notch in the 
rim of
> the distributor. 

---- there's one more detail. You have to make sure that you are on 
the compression stroke (both valves closed) - it's a 4-cycle engine. 

Dave