Roger's timing

["John Hofstetter" <hofs@domain.elided>]

Roger,
Remember that the timing mark comes up twice for each one revolution
of the rotor. Thus it is possible that you can be firing #8 cylinder
on its exhaust stroke. You rotated the distributor 180 degrees, I
guess to check this out. Ah, as I right this, I think I just realized
that you meant you rotated the shaft of the distributor 180 degrees.
Seems as if that should work, but air coming out of the carb doesn't
make sense, because on the exhaust stroke, the intake valve is closed
and the exhaust valve is open, and air coming through it goes out the
exhaust manifold. 

Why don't you bring the timing mark up to 0 and check and see if both
the valves for #8 are closed, as indicated by the rockers for each
having a little free play. If you don't want to pull the vakve cover
to check this out, then pull the plug and see if you get air coming
out the plug hole as the timing mark approaches 0.  If you get
pressure, then the rotor should be at #8. If you don't get pressure
and the rotor is at #8 then you are 180 degrees off, and you will want
to bring the timing mark to 0 on the next revolution and have the
rotor pointing to #8. 
Hope this helps,
John H. 
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From: owner-ihc-digest@domain.elided (ihc-digest)
To: ihc-digest@domain.elided
Subject: ihc-digest V6 #841
Date: Sat, May 15, 1999, 5:24 PM


I rotated the distributor 180 degrees, and tried to start and got air
blowing out of the carb instead of being sucked in...I promptly
rotated the
distributor back 180 degrees.