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Distributor, Install |
914fun |
Aug 22 2018, 01:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 22-June 08 From: Joplin MO Member No.: 9,201 Region Association: Southwest Region |
After my rebuild i need to know if this looks right. When i was putting it together i thought i fallowed the instructions of tom Wilson's book. But i may have done something wrong. With the piston at top of stroke the red mark it lined up but the rotor is between 1and 2 at the cap with the mark on the dizzy pointing to the case deciding line. If you look close there is a mark to the left of the red one and that correspondence to a factory mark on the opposite sidethat i thought should be showing with the piston at the top. But its not showing but the red one shows. The mark on the flywheel is dead center though. Can someone guide me from here? The motor is a 1.8Lt, 96 pistons stock crank, scat cam for carbs, 34 ict dual carbs. Thank
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914fun |
Aug 22 2018, 01:37 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 22-June 08 From: Joplin MO Member No.: 9,201 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Here r some pics
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914fun |
Aug 22 2018, 01:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 22-June 08 From: Joplin MO Member No.: 9,201 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Another
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914_teener |
Aug 22 2018, 02:09 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,205 Joined: 31-August 08 From: So. Cal Member No.: 9,489 Region Association: Southern California |
I'll let others comment on the mark.....
You should take the caps off both sides of the advance can if you are not going to use it. |
TravisNeff |
Aug 22 2018, 05:22 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,082 Joined: 20-March 03 From: Mesa, AZ Member No.: 447 Region Association: Southwest Region |
The way to verify if you are on TDC of the firing stroke of the #1 cylinder - pop the valve cover off the #1 side and both rockers should be loose. If not, spin the engine 360 and check again.
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914fun |
Aug 22 2018, 05:59 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 22-June 08 From: Joplin MO Member No.: 9,201 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I will check to be sure im on the firing stroke. But if it is then all the marks and rotor is in the proper place. Is that right?
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jcd914 |
Aug 22 2018, 06:31 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 8,684 Region Association: Northern California |
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jcd914 |
Aug 22 2018, 06:37 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 8,684 Region Association: Northern California |
It looks to me like your distributor is clocked incorrectly.
I don't have anything here to reference at the moment but I think it should be turned about 75 degrees clockwise, the vacuum canister should point toward the oil file/breather. You mat also have to lift a rotate the distributor drive gear to get the distributor to orient correctly. There are some pictures around the show the angle of the slot in the drive gear relative to the case mating line. And the slot in the drive gear is offset to one side slightly and is not always easy to discern. Jim |
914fun |
Aug 22 2018, 08:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 22-June 08 From: Joplin MO Member No.: 9,201 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I will be using the advance. Just no need to put the hose on yet. I may be pulling it once i figure out where the rotor should be pointing and if thats the correct mark showing down in the hole. That is the mark towards the front of the car. There is a sight v notch in the hole on both sides in the hole. If i turn it just a litte further there is a mark that shows in the v on the other opposite side of the fan. I looked on this site a lot for the answer but i will keep trying. The book daid to put the notch on the dizzy at 12 o'clock to the case dividing line. Thats why i have the dizzy oriented the way i do. Im not saying thats right though. Just seems like the rotor should point at that notch or numher one on the cap.
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TravisNeff |
Aug 22 2018, 08:36 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,082 Joined: 20-March 03 From: Mesa, AZ Member No.: 447 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I think the timing mark is your advance, not tdc. should have a mark with a "0" I think
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TravisNeff |
Aug 22 2018, 08:45 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,082 Joined: 20-March 03 From: Mesa, AZ Member No.: 447 Region Association: Southwest Region |
The benefits of being a parts whore..
See the TDC 0 in white and the red advance mark? Attached thumbnail(s) |
jcd914 |
Aug 23 2018, 12:56 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 8,684 Region Association: Northern California |
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nditiz1 |
Aug 23 2018, 06:27 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,191 Joined: 26-May 15 From: Mount Airy, Maryland Member No.: 18,763 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I'll let others comment on the mark..... You should take the caps off both sides of the advance can if you are not going to use it. Why? If the advance is not being used it should not matter if the ports are capped or open. Jim Never ever cap your advance even if you are not using it. As McMark says - tell your friends (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) |
maf914 |
Aug 23 2018, 07:59 AM
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Not a Guru! Group: Members Posts: 3,049 Joined: 30-April 03 From: Central Florida Member No.: 632 Region Association: None |
914fun,
Your engine looks good. How did you get the engine case so clean? Or is that finish paint? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) |
jcd914 |
Aug 23 2018, 08:04 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 8,684 Region Association: Northern California |
I'll let others comment on the mark..... You should take the caps off both sides of the advance can if you are not going to use it. Why? If the advance is not being used it should not matter if the ports are capped or open. Jim Never ever cap your advance even if you are not using it. As McMark says - tell your friends (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) Sorry but I don't see a reason not to. If you are just using one side of the vacuum canister then you shouldn't cap the other side air needs to be able to go in and out of the unused side. If the vacuum advance is not used, then capping either or both sides will have no impact on any other function of the distributor. The mechanical advance does not move the vacuum advance mechanism. Jim |
914_teener |
Aug 23 2018, 09:03 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,205 Joined: 31-August 08 From: So. Cal Member No.: 9,489 Region Association: Southern California |
I'll let others comment on the mark..... You should take the caps off both sides of the advance can if you are not going to use it. Why? If the advance is not being used it should not matter if the ports are capped or open. Jim Never ever cap your advance even if you are not using it. As McMark says - tell your friends (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) Sorry but I don't see a reason not to. If you are just using one side of the vacuum canister then you shouldn't cap the other side air needs to be able to go in and out of the unused side. If the vacuum advance is not used, then capping either or both sides will have no impact on any other function of the distributor. The mechanical advance does not move the vacuum advance mechanism. Jim It will limit the advance plate unless the arm is disconnected with the little circlip. But if you are running carbs why use the stock dizzy? Get an electronic programmable dizzy and don.t look back. IMHO |
jcd914 |
Aug 23 2018, 11:29 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 8,684 Region Association: Northern California |
I'll let others comment on the mark..... You should take the caps off both sides of the advance can if you are not going to use it. Why? If the advance is not being used it should not matter if the ports are capped or open. Jim Never ever cap your advance even if you are not using it. As McMark says - tell your friends (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) Sorry but I don't see a reason not to. If you are just using one side of the vacuum canister then you shouldn't cap the other side air needs to be able to go in and out of the unused side. If the vacuum advance is not used, then capping either or both sides will have no impact on any other function of the distributor. The mechanical advance does not move the vacuum advance mechanism. Jim It will limit the advance plate unless the arm is disconnected with the little circlip. But if you are running carbs why use the stock dizzy? Get an electronic programmable dizzy and don.t look back. IMHO I agree if you are using Carbs and no vacuum advance, why the stock distributor. I was trying to understand your reasonong for "Never ever cap your advance even if you are not using it." If you are not using the Vacuum advance then you actually want to limit the advance plate, it is only used by the vacuum advance. If you disconnect it from the vacuum canister then it would be free to wander around within its range of movment and your time could be very inconsistent. But you do not need to cap teh ports on the vacuun canister, just leaving it connected and the ports open will limit the advance plate via the springs inside the vacuum canister. The mechanical advance is done by weights and springs under the advance plate and it rotates the top of the distributor shaft, moving the cam that opens the points, in relation to the points. Jim |
914fun |
Aug 23 2018, 12:04 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 22-June 08 From: Joplin MO Member No.: 9,201 Region Association: Southwest Region |
914fun, Your engine looks good. How did you get the engine case so clean? Or is that finish paint? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Thanks. I used high heat paint just on the very top but not on the whole motor. I hope it will hold up or it will look wears than if i just left it alone. |
914fun |
Aug 23 2018, 12:43 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 22-June 08 From: Joplin MO Member No.: 9,201 Region Association: Southwest Region |
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914fun |
Aug 23 2018, 12:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 22-June 08 From: Joplin MO Member No.: 9,201 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I have read that the 1.7 and 2.0 is timed different than the 1.8. I have the 1.8. But now with carbs and cam and bigger cylinders. Besides not knowing where the rotor should be pointing at tdc, once i get it all going how do u treat the timing, like a 2.0 or 1.8? Still have stock 1.8 crank so im assuming time it like a 1.8. I read the different ways on pelican parts.
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