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fried okra · 02-24-2024, 03:58 PM

I swapped out the distributor on my '31 Tudor 12v engine.

Next I was gonna set the timing using the Nu-Rex tool. I am visibly at TDC on #1 piston and get a slight motion on the timing pin against the timing gear but it does not readily go into the timing gear hole. I assume the timing pin is just too tight a fit.

Anyway, I was expecting to see the rotor at the #1 cylinder pin in the distributor cap. Instead the rotor is 180 off from where I expected it to be.

Is this rotor position normal or am I missing something?

02-24-2024, 03:58 PM	#1
fried okra Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Daniel Island,SouthCarolina/Knoxville, Tennessee/Sanibel Island,Florida Posts: 354	Rotor position at TDC I swapped out the distributor on my '31 Tudor 12v engine. Next I was gonna set the timing using the Nu-Rex tool. I am visibly at TDC on #1 piston and get a slight motion on the timing pin against the timing gear but it does not readily go into the timing gear hole. I assume the timing pin is just too tight a fit. Anyway, I was expecting to see the rotor at the #1 cylinder pin in the distributor cap. Instead the rotor is 180 off from where I expected it to be. Is this rotor position normal or am I missing something?