ok so i had a lot of water in the distributor so i removed it, the whole thing. i then put it upside down to drain the water out................. we had to close the garage door and the car was in the way so i pushed it about 3 feet with the distributor out, now it wont start, did i mess up my moving the car with the distributor out ? help !

ok so i had a lot of water in the distributor so i removed it, the whole thing. i then put it upside down to drain the water out................. we had to close the garage door and the car was in the way so i pushed it about 3 feet with the distributor out, now it wont start, did i mess up my moving the car with the distributor out ? help !

 

Was the car in fear when you pushed it? If it was in nuetral it shouldn't have moved anything. Did you put the disty back in the right way? Maybe the timing is off?

the rotor shaft probably turned when you had it out. did you mark the rotor position before removal, and replace the same way...?

the rotor shaft probably turned when you had it out. did you mark the rotor position before removal, and replace the same way...?

 

exactly^ what he said, that's what I was getting at

no............. darn it............. can i roll the car close to where it was before i moved it.

no............. darn it............. can i roll the car close to where it was before i moved it.

 

Maybe!?!? I would just toy with it after . You'll get it

Do you have a repair manual?

Turn the engine by hand to line up the timing marks at the TDC mark, confirm that the number one cylinder is at TDC. Put the disty in with the rotor pointing at the number one cylinder, try to start. If it doesn't, you may have to pull the disty out and rotate 180 degrees and put it back in. This will get you close.

Do you have a repair manual?

Turn the engine by hand to line up the timing marks at the TDC mark, confirm that the number one cylinder is at TDC. Put the disty in with the rotor pointing at the number one cylinder, try to start. If it doesn't, you may have to pull the disty out and rotate 180 degrees and put it back in. This will get you close.

 

^what he said^

no............. darn it............. can i roll the car close to where it was before i moved it.

 

Nope... because it's not the engine that moved, but the shaft on the distributor that you took out.

 

You need to time it as if you were installing a new distributor -- set the engine at TDC for #1, then install the distributor with the rotor pointing the right direction.

 

Z

Frank kicked out the skinny

 

here is a little bit more on what he said

 

number 1 cylinder is the pass side front cyl.

Follow the spark plug wire to the dist.

I probably goes to the tower closest to the master cyl.

 

 

plug the spark plug

 

Using a 7/8" socket on a rachet

bring the crankshaft clock wise around to see 0 deg TDC in the small

window in the back of the engine on the pass side bell housing.

 

Now turn the crank shaft another 2/3 revolution

Place a small cotton ball on the spark plug hole

 

Bring the crankshaft around again to 0 deg

IF the cotton ball jumped you are on compression for #1,

if it did not jump, rotate the crank another turn

and it should jump.

 

Put the dist in so that the rotor points to the #1 spark plug tower

you found on the first step.

 

Fire that beast up.

 

If it's a SPFI or turbo

plug the green connectors together and set the timing to

20 BTDC with a timing light (check your manual for proper degrees)

unplug connectors

 

 

Hope this helps