I put my #1 at 1:00 o`clock position. Best for routing wires. Place the dist body in the block to see where it`s the best place to rotate for timing[doesn`t have to be stabbed].
Put the cap on where it locks down. Put a sharpie line under the 1 o`clock tower on dist body. Pull dist. out. Hold it up over your head and note the shaft slot angle/position.Do not rotate the dist when holding it up. That`s where the pump slot needs to END UP when fully stabbed.Put a sharpie line on the block where that is. Put the engine at 12 degrees btdc. Look down the dist hole and note the pump slot position. Get it about 1/4 turn before the line on the block. Stab dist. It might not go in the 1`st time so the
pump shaft might have to be moved slightly. Stab the dist till it`s fully down on the gasket and the rotor is lined up exactly on the line you put earlier on the body.
I like to pull the dist out slowly and you will see the rotor rotate backwards till it`s out. Then, put a sharpie line on the dist. body where it stopped. You can put a sharpie line on the block where that happened too.
That way you know where to line the pump shaft up the next time you stab.
Line the pump slot with the early line on the block, line the rotor with the early line on the dist body and it will fall right in. Over and over.
Sounds complex but it`s not. Karl, aka 72LuxuryLeMansLa, was here when I stabbed/1`st started mine. I showed him that. We started the engine. Started right up. I checked the timing after a short run with him there. Dead nuts on 12 degrees.
Just a little trick for having timing dead on for break in before you start up the engine and have to idle it or play with it while rounding your new cam.
