Timing and Distributor Question

Bud, I bet you were 180' out on the dist because you were after the exhaust stroke (remember crank turns 2 times for every 1 rotation of the dist/firing of a cylinder).

Put your finger over the spark plug hole as you turn the engine by hand. you want to feel air being pushed out, this is the compression stroke. Then you stop at TDC.

Guero said:

So when it starts to push your finger at that were you want to stop at TDC???

Im running really rich btw

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Here is the straight skinny on how I been doin it for years and years

The air pressure is just to let you know the slug is rising on the compression
stroke.

btw ... we got a 4 stroke motor ... Right
1 intake
2 compression
3 power
4 exhaust

The slug rises for #2 AND #4

The deal with the air out the plug hole is ...........
if the slug is rising for #4 ........
it is gonna go out the exhaust valve ... thus ... no pressure

I'm gonna tell you how Grady looks at it and keeps it simple

Its one ... OR ... The other
Can't be anything else :Word:

If the hb is lined up tdc ... it IS ... or ... it is NOT gonna fire

If it fires up ... Great
If it don't

Its 180 out
so
Simply spin the rotor 180 for the correct position

I've N E V E R done the pressure out of the plug hole thing

Not faulting the procedure
but
Just saying ... it seems a waste of time to me

Grady