<VV> Rebuild II

[Dennis & Debbie Pleau]

At 01:57 PM 12/19/2005, Stephen Upham wrote:
>Ok, I'm trying to adjust the valves.  In the service manual, it states;
>         " ... install distributor as follows: Rotate crankshaft 
> counterclockwise until number 1 cylinder is a T.D.C. (timing mark to 0 on 
> tab) of COMPRESSION stroke (fig. 76)  [ and you can tell if it is the 
> COMPRESSION stroke by ....?]
>         Set distributor with rotor pointing to number on cylinder 
> position and note position of drive tang on distributor shaft.
>         Using a long screw drive, turn oil pump shaft [did they say take 
> the distributor out first, NO] (through distributor bore in engine rear 
> housing) until slot in oil pump will match distributor tang.
>         Using a new gasket, install distributor and rotate until points 
> are just opening (rotor pointing to number 1 position).
>         Install retaining clamp and nut and tighten securely.
>
>Richard Finch describes it this way:
>         a. Trace the number-1 spark-plug wire to its location on the 
> distributor cap.   Put a chalk mark on the distributor housing directly 
> below this point.   [ I think I remember where the vacuum advance was 
> positioned when the engine was running, will that be accurate enough?
>The distributor is lying on my work table right now.]
>
>         b. Remove the distributor cap and rotate the engine 
> counterclockwise, using a 7/8" wrench on the crank-pulley nut, until the 
> rotor lines up with your mark on the distributor housing.  Now  turn the 
> crank-shaft just enough to line up the timing marks at zero.  Check the 
> rotor and if it still points o 1, you have number 1 Top Center firing 
> stroke set.  If something is wrong, start back at "a" again.
>
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>My special considerations which I'm not sure change anything or not are:
>I have a Pertronix ignition
>The distributor cap has been removed from the distributor (although the 
>plug wires are still attached and I did have the foresight to number the 
>plug wires for the correct cylinders)
>How do I know if I have the distributor installed in the correct position 
>when I place it in the distributor bore?
>
>What else am I missing?
>
>
>Stephen Upham
>Corvairium II
>
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