As long as you have the engine at TDC on #1, wherever the rotor points to is now firing position for #1 cylinder. At this point the car should run, and you can now use a timing light to set the advance. The only time you have to worry about being 1 tooth off on the distributor, is if you have just marked the rotor position and removed the distributor from a known running engine without marking TDC. So again, just find TDC of the compression stroke for #1, set the distributor in (about the 4 or 5 o'clock position I believe) and the car is set close enough to run and make your final changes with the timing light.
Timing had me baffled for a while because there seemed to be so many bits and pieces working together that I thought that it must be impossible for me (a functional idiot, at best) to be able to do this right, but once you get your head around it, it makes sense and works out fine.
Now if I could just figure out this little volkswagen engine.....
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On Aug 17, 2005, at 4:50 AM, Pelle Andersson wrote:
Sorry for nagging about my distributor installation but...
Even if I've found the exact spot of TDC, isn't there's always a risk
that I drop the distributor a tooth off or two!?
(Making the timing mark misaligned vs. rotor?)
How do they do it in the factory to make sure they get
the ignition system 100% lined up all the way from
#1 piston to rotor?
Best regards
Pelle
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