enblethen wrote:
Cougar: That is incorrect. Crank and cam dots should be 12 o'clock for crank and 6 o'clock for cam. The crank goes around twice for each revolution of the crank, so if not on proper stroke it would be off 180 degrees
Timing chain install video
That may be fine for installing the timing set, but it you try to install the distributor thinking that is cylinder 1 tdc, you will have the dizzy out of time 180 degrees. Timing gear marks both at 12:00 is tdc on a chevy v8.
Been there, done that, hsd to pull a distributor and reset it, because I incorrectly thought 6 at cam and 12 at crank was tdc.
