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Originally Posted by Chaldaean
I'm asking this question as I just buttoned up my HG this past Sunday night and wasn't too confident with the process of installing the distributor (never done it before). When I aligned the the marks on the drive gear/housing and pushed the distributor in, the rotor was pointing just to the left of the electrical connector on the distributor. I got the cap and tried to visualize where the rotor would meet the contact for cylinder #1 and it seemed to about right. Also, the FSM makes it look like the rotor should be slightly rotated counter-clockwise from 12:00 at TDC (FSM image below). I've driven my truck all week and it seems to run/sound fine, but I'm wondering if you or I are a tooth off.
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Good catch Chaldaean!
You're right, I'm a tooth off. I do remember that photo from the FSM, but during my late night wrenching session I remembered it as the position the rotor should be in when the distributor is removed rather than installed.
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Originally Posted by landtank
the rotor should be pointing slightly to the left (11:00 o'clock) when installed properly. That's provided the crank is set to TDC and there is no slack in the chain.
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Thanks for the catch guys. I'll edit the earlier post to note the correct position.