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Re: Re: Re: Re: Farmall A Timing Problems
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Posted by Red Dave on September 12, 2003 at 11:40:35 from (64.41.21.139):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Farmall A Timing Problems posted by Richard Fazio on September 12, 2003 at 10:41:22:
Richard, The way I check it is take the plug out of #1 cylinder, put my thumb in the hole and crank slowly until the pressure of the compression stroke pushes my thumb away, then shine a light in the plug hole and get the piston to top dead center. Take the distributer cap off and see if the rotor is pointng at the terminal for #1. If it is, it should be good to run. I don't know if that's the "official" way, but it always seems to work for me.
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