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KargoMaster · 07-29-2007, 10:05 PM

When I first fired the engine in the boat, I tried like heck to start it with the distributor 180 degrees from where it should be... Sarge gave me a good way to tell pretty quickly if #1 was at TDC...

Take the #1 plug out (heck, it would even turn far easier with all of them out), hold your finger over the plug hole, turn crank by hand until you can feel the compression pushing your finger out... then you should be able to use the mark on the harmonic balancer (assuming that is still valid with your flatty, there has to be some indication) to get it right on TDC... It worked like a charm for me, hope it might help you too...

07-29-2007, 10:05 PM	#10
KargoMaster Cleaning off the rust... Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 1,009	When I first fired the engine in the boat, I tried like heck to start it with the distributor 180 degrees from where it should be... Sarge gave me a good way to tell pretty quickly if #1 was at TDC... Take the #1 plug out (heck, it would even turn far easier with all of them out), hold your finger over the plug hole, turn crank by hand until you can feel the compression pushing your finger out... then you should be able to use the mark on the harmonic balancer (assuming that is still valid with your flatty, there has to be some indication) to get it right on TDC... It worked like a charm for me, hope it might help you too... __________________ brad 5.0L \| 435 \| 203 \| 300 \| 4.10 \| 39.5 Buildup BACK underway...