OK, I've bought a new distributor, my car is close to being finished.
Plugs are pulled so I can crank it over and get oil pressure before putting the engine under any loads, since we've been dry-cranking it while trying to figure out what was wrong. Turns out the oil pump was jammed, sheared the pin, so no oil pressure.
I've got new oil, and my motor is at TDC #1.
I researched online, and the rotor for #1 should point rearwards, a little over towards the drivers side.
My distributor is mechanical, no vacum advance.
SO, if I'm thinking right, I want like 10-12 degrees initial advance, so I should crank the motor over so the marks on the harmonic balancer show 10-12 degrees advance at the timing mark on the block.
SO, with my harmonic balancer showing initial advance of 10-12 degrees, this is where I want to set my cap so #1 on the cap is lined up with the rotor, which is set pointing rearwards, a bit off towards the drivers side.
This should have me really close to 10-12 initial advance, and whatever the distributor fully advances to should be similar to where it was before.
I replaced the distributor with a new identical one that came out.
Am I correct in this sequence?
I'd like to drop the distributor in just once, and then crank the motor over with no plugs to develop oil pressure. Then install the plugs, plug the wires in, and fire the car up!
So again, set balancer at 10-12 initial advance. Install distributor so rotor points in the correct direction. Then line up the cap with #1 plug wire as perfectly lined up to the rotor as possible. This should put me in the ballpark, yes?
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