Don't mean to nitpick here, but I think you intended to state that the number 2 cylinder should be at TDC on the compression stroke. Number 2 is the left cylinder and it is the cylinder that is used for all ignition timing related tasks.
lio-@aol.com wrote:
Thanks to all you guys. I'll be getting to it this weekend. Seens like the key is to always have the #1 jug at TDC as a reference point. Thanks again Vince in NY
ju-@astrocomma.com wrote:
Vince. Someone on this list helped me with the same problem. What you do is take a cylinder, say the left cylinder (2??) this cylinder fires from the outermost plugwire from the distributor so make sure the piston is at TDC of its compression stroke (right about the time the spark plug should fire) and put the distributor in so that the tip of the rotor is just about to cross the contact for that plug wire.
Makes sense when you think about it. You might have to pull the distributor loose and move it one notch forward or backwards but you should be close.
Ted Ward
--- lio-@aol.com wrote:
Got all my new parts together and am getting ready to rebuild the distributor. Can someone on the list tell me how to make sure I align it up properly when I reinstall the unit. Seems that if I'm off by a few degrees the timing will be all messed up. I know that trial and error will help , but I thought there might be an easy way to get it right first time. Vince in NY BTW are there any NYC GUZZISTI out there who might be interested in getting together some Sunday morning for a ride?