put motor in my 85 EATurbo but need to know the easyest way to get TDC, because i think the disty is off. Won't start but i do have spark, and fuel. any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks Jay

Skip had a good method - use a plastic drinking straw through the park plug hole on #1 cylinder to know when the piston was on the upswing. Look for the timing marks on the flkywheel to come into veiw whilst doing this and if you line up the 0 mark, you should have either TDC on compression or exhaust..... if you do this with the cover off the disty, then it should become a matter of trying one of the two possibilities. The disty should be pointing at the #1 cylinder wire when the timing mark is lined up on the compression stroke for #1.....

 

timing marks could be in your crank pully - or it could just be a notch to which you have to line up a special tool I think....

 

Don't actually need the timing marks either - it can be done with just the straw - a little extra trial and error will be needed tho.

 

Yet another cool method was mentioned by Skip (again) - put a small cotton ball in the spark plug hole - when your on the compression stroke, it will blow it out! Still have to use the straw maybe to find when it's at the top of it's travel.....

 

GD

yeah those were both good suggestions general dissorder.

I have done it with a screw driver in the past, that will find tdc.

sometimes sticking oyr finger tip over th spark plug hole will let you know it's on comp. stroke as you feel, compression leaking past your finger. That was how I had done it years ago on my Ponty-shmaaa Gran-dam it.

 

I've heard of people sticking there finger IN the plug hole but I would be afraid of getting it smushed in the piston. lol godd luck gettin it runnin.

GD

Just a qwikie to say thanks for the references.

Jay

The crank can be rotated in a clockwise direction with a 7/8" socket on a rachet placed on the crank bolt. If you find and set the dist. and there is still no "fire in the hole" (so to speak) you might want to do a compression check to make sure the cam timing is in order