Bubba Albano wrote:
> It's been three years since I worked on a British car and first time
> with an Alpine. I went to remove one of the plug wires and the
> distributer came out with it. The PO told me it was running up until the
> time it was garaged, hmmmm. To set the timing, I plan on turning the
> engine until I feel the number 1 cylinder is at the top of it's stroke
> (thumb over the plug hole method) AND when the timing mark is aligned.
> Once there, I should be able to drop the distrubuter in with the rotor
> pointing to the number 1 plug wire. I'm a little rusty, does this sound
> right??? Without a manual, I'm assuming the number 1 cylinder is closest
> to the firewall??
> Also, it looks like the crankshaft has a slot for a round tool to
> manually turn the engine. What do you guy's use to turn the engine?
>
> Once again, thanks for the help
>
> Anthony
Anthony:
To add to Robert's correction on #1 cylinder:
That tool is a crank which most of us have or, in my case, have made. It
also comes in handy when the battery is a bit low, as well as for timing
/tuning purposes. If you make one, avoid the mistake I made, and measure
the distance from your valence hole to the floor. Then make the crank-throw
a comfortable distance shorter so that you are in no danger of scraping
your knuckles on the road if used for starting. (However, I can turn the
engine small amounts with the plugs in ,while watching the timing marks, so
I guess every cloud....!)
Ron Tebo
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