OUCH! Years ago (1968 or so) I did something similar with a 3 speed tranny. Trying to slide it in my 58 pontiac I slipped. It landed on my hand. Fortunately I was working in the mud of my grandmothers driveway. Cushioned the impact and all I got was a sore hand for a week or so.
I hope that your delay is only a week. rick On Fri, 5 Apr 2002 11:10:06 -0500 "Keith Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sorry about my spelling but my right hand middle finger is injured. I > was > holding the starter with my left hand while on my back about 2 feet > in the > air when I dropped in on my right hand middle finger on Sunday. This > put a > week delay on completing the motor swap. Serious injury. > Keith > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 10:41 AM > Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] Finding #1 TDC > > > > I glad to see someone state the correct method of finding TDC. You > must > > rotate in both directions as stated. This is the true method. > This > accounts > > for an play. Thanks. > > Keith > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 10:25 AM > > Subject: [Chevelle-List] Finding #1 TDC > > > > > > > Buy or make a piston stop and screw it into the #1 plug > > > hole. Rotate the crankshaft CW until the stop contacts > > > the piston. Mark the position of the damper timing mark > > > on the block. Now rotate the crank CCW until the stop > > > hits the piston and again mark the position of the > > > timing mark. The halfway point between the 2 marked > > > points will show you where TDC is, and if it's not the 0- > > > degree mark on the timing tab you know that either the > > > tab and damper are mismatched or the damper's outer ring > > > has slipped. > > > > > > You can do this on either the compression stroke or the > > > exhaust stroke as long as you remember which one you > > > were on when it comes time to installing the distributor. > > > > > > Brad > > > > > > > OK: What is the best way to determine TDC for Cylinder 1 if > the > > distributor > > > > was pulled prior to marking or if you are putting in a new > one? Do > you > > pull > > > > the head and manually crank it? > > > > > > > > Tony Gray > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > Get the award winning ISP, AT&T WorldNet Service > > > http://download.att.net/webtag > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > > > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
