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Hoop · 01-27-2020, 01:33 PM

"I suspect that the distributor is not correctly aligned with the drive gear.
With the #1 piston top dead center and pointer on the dot."

51 Merc, he established TDC using the cable tie method. When the piston is at TDC the pointer does not point to the dot.

That's the problem.

It has nothing to do with the distributor or the ignition timing. That dot is never going to be TDC.

How many times per crankshaft revolution does a spark occur? ... for a V8? ... for a 6? How many degrees apart for the V8? How many for the 6?

Inspect the slot ... measure the dot. (On the one with the problem.) Then go from there.

01-27-2020, 01:33 PM	#10
Hoop Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Jacksonville FL Posts: 1,137	Re: Pulley casting number "I suspect that the distributor is not correctly aligned with the drive gear. With the #1 piston top dead center and pointer on the dot." 51 Merc, he established TDC using the cable tie method. When the piston is at TDC the pointer does not point to the dot. That's the problem. It has nothing to do with the distributor or the ignition timing. That dot is never going to be TDC. How many times per crankshaft revolution does a spark occur? ... for a V8? ... for a 6? How many degrees apart for the V8? How many for the 6? Inspect the slot ... measure the dot. (On the one with the problem.) Then go from there. __________________ "Remember that when it comes to intelligence, half of all of us are below average."