i have an old school clutch masters flywheel that doesnt have a timing mark on it. i remember somewhere explaing a way to set the base timing without that mark. maybe draw line on the crank pully? anyone know what im talking about?

 

Here you go.. first remove the #1 plug and the dizzy cap.

Note position of #1 plugwire on cap and point rotor to that spot. Now take a pencil or what ever you like to use, and stick it into the #1 plug hole and rest it on the top of the piston. rotate crank until you see the pencil top out.
So with the rotor pointing to #1 and #1 cylinder at top this is TDC.
Make a mark on the pulley and a reference mark on the timing cover or, or, or, where ever you can.

Now that you have the TDC marked you need an adjustable timing light that you can dial in the advance/retard needed for your motor.

 

either the way person said on top of me..or take your spark plug out stick something long and skinny down to the piston and turn the pulley untill you hit tdc...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by thesmogman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Here you go.. first remove the #1 plug and the dizzy cap.

Note position of #1 plugwire on cap and point rotor to that spot. Now take a pencil or what ever you like to use, and stick it into the #1 plug hole and rest it on the top of the piston. rotate crank until you see the pencil top out.
So with the rotor pointing to #1 and #1 cylinder at top this is TDC.
Make a mark on the pulley and a reference mark on the timing cover or, or, or, where ever you can.

Now that you have the TDC marked you need an adjustable timing light that you can dial in the advance/retard needed for your motor.</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks, i thought it was something like that. then say i want 15 degrees, i just set the timing light to 15 and turn the dist till the lines match up again, correct?...


Modified by fastludeh22 at 6:27 PM 9/24/2006

 

If you are referencing with 1 being at TDC I would highly recommend using a dial to measure the upmost point thus verifying TDC. The screw driver deal works with setting valve lash and leakdown tests... but being off a few degree's for timing could lead to bad things.

 

That would be correct.