Thread: TDC Finder
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Old 08-29-2020, 09:31 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by 30 Closed Cab PU View Post
My method. Remove all spark plugs, is then easy to crank when you are not fighting compression. Take top cap off the distributor, rotate motor until rotor lines up with cylinder 1 dist contact. Use a ratchet nut wrench and timing pin to locate TDC. Nice thing about using the ratchet nut wrench is if you go past the dimple you can turn the motor in reverse direction a little ways, then turn in normal direcion to try to find the dimple again.
That's pretty much how i do it except if i miss the dimple by a bit, I just put the car in gear and push it back to bump the motor back a bit, then "gently" turn the crank to locate the dimple without blowing past it again.
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