Distributer install question please???

Pull #1 plug....using your finger over the plug hole, turn the motor til it pisses air...look at your balancer...it should be a zero , or close, tweak it to zero..grab the distr and place it in the block, you want the rotor around 12:00 as you slide it in the block.... when you drop it in the rotor will rotate to approx 1:00...place your cap on, and see if the rotor is directly over your #1 plug wire...if so, you should be good to go...if not, lift the distr up an inch or so, grab the rotor and turn it what ever direction needed to line up #1 on your cap....your trying to grab the next tooth on the cam by doing this...you get the idea....

Hope it helps...????

Ehh, just mark somewhere on the car where the rotor is pointing too, take the dist. out, put the new one in with the rotor pointing as close as you can to where you marked and adjust the timing. I don't see the point in getting TDC just right and all that unless you are putting the old one back in.

Also, the exhaust stroke will 'piss' a little air as well (Andy, you crack me up). The car can sorta barely run if the dizzy is installed out of phase like that.

Just thought I would throw that out.

Good luck.

it may also be that you flooded the cylinders with gas by trying to start it so many times. even if it is put in right, it wont stay running like that.if you are sure that you installed the distributor when #1 is at TDC on the compression stroke, keep trying. if you have any doubt though as to whether you put it in on the exhaust stroke, pop it out and try again. pop out the fuse for the pump and crank it a few times to clean the gas out of the cylinders. then as someone is cranking, turn the distributor slowly in one direction and then the other. if you are anywhere close to the right point, the car will start when you pass by it. i hope the way i explained it didnt confuse you further, but it was the best i could describe it.