engine over until that cyl comes up on compression stoke and the timing
marks at at top dead centre (0) degrees, the dist rotors should be pointing
at number one high tension wire in the cap.
Another though, you should be lubing the weights with WD 40 then wipe them
dry, oil will only make them sticky when dirt and dust gets in there. Just a
thought.
Frankandthebeans
>From: "Robert Sheaffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [classicrv] Re: Dodge Sportsman 360 Ignition Problem
>Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 03:00:32 -0000
>
>
>
>Thanks. I thought about the possibility of a 180-degree error in
>installing the cap, but there is a single notch on the cap and a
>corresponging tab on the base, facing the engine, so that doesn't seem
>possible. The little vent on the top of the new cap is 180-degrees
>from where the old one was, but in the instructions it says quite
>plainly that this doesn't mean anything.
>
>I think that perhaps the marking for Cylinder 1 must be wrong on the
>new cap. The old one had no marking at all. It was covered with dust
>so I figured there must be a marking under it somewhere. But I brought
>it in & cleaned it up - nope.
>
>Thanks for the hint about lubing under the rotor.
>
> Robert
>
>--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "denisond3d3" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On the big block mopar engines the distributor drive can be
> > inserted into the block two ways - one of them being 180 degrees out.
> > This means that when the rotor should be pointing at the terminal for
> > cylinder #1, it would be pointing instead to the opposite side of the
> > cap. That may be the case you find yourself in, if the small block
> > distributor drives also have symetrical keying.
> > Not a problem though; if you turn the crankshaft so the timing slot
> > on the front pulley damper is opposite the zero dent on the timing
> > marks, then the rotor in the distributor would be pointing either to
> > the terminal in the cap for cylinder #1, Or the terminal for the
> > cylinder halfway around the firing order - # 6. There isnt any easy
> > way to tell, but you have a 50% chance of getting the spark plug wires
> > on it correctly on the first try. If the distributor was put in with
> > the shaft 180 degrees out, the spark plug wires just have to go back
> > on the cap swapped 180 degrees around from where they usually go.
> > Is it is also possible the distributor got twisted a few degrees
> > while you were working on it?
> > As far as I know the mopars with the distributor at the back of the
> > engine all turn clockwise, and the 440s turn counter-clockwise. Its
> > easy to tell this. Just crank the engine briefly with the distributor
> > cap removed.
> > While you are at it, put a drop on oil onto the felt wick in the
> > middle of the distributor shaft, under the rotor. This lubricates the
> > centrifugal advance mechanism. People forget to lube this important
> > spot. A drop each 10k or 20k miles.
>
>
>
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