South Texas 97
GOLD Star
While attempting to get my truck started, having previously removed and cleaned up the distributor. I did find some white paint on the BB. I know some folks have a hard time finding the BB.
it looks like I put the distributor rotor in 180 degrees out. Which is why it would not start…DOH
the trick of jacking up the rear right wheel and put it in 4th gear made it pretty easy to rotate the engine to find the timing mark.
I have an old timing light, with a trigger, but I needed three hands to turn the motor over with a remote starter, look at the flywheel for the timing mark, and rotate the distributor. I taped the trigger on the timing light, and while cranking, turned the distributor ever so slightly, and bang, the truck started running. Dwell is around 42-43 degrees which seems to be in spec.
it looks like I put the distributor rotor in 180 degrees out. Which is why it would not start…DOH
the trick of jacking up the rear right wheel and put it in 4th gear made it pretty easy to rotate the engine to find the timing mark.
I have an old timing light, with a trigger, but I needed three hands to turn the motor over with a remote starter, look at the flywheel for the timing mark, and rotate the distributor. I taped the trigger on the timing light, and while cranking, turned the distributor ever so slightly, and bang, the truck started running. Dwell is around 42-43 degrees which seems to be in spec.
