56 T-bird rebuild

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Originally Posted by Yotehunter66

Finally got the timing cover off. I have the rotor pointing at #1 spark plug wire and this is where the timing marks are currently.

Ignore the position of the distributor rotor. It's not relevant at this point.

With the spark plugs out, use the damper pulley bolt to rotate the crankshaft until the keyway and timing mark on the crank gear are in the correct position, see attached image, then look for the timing mark on the cam gear.

Looking at your 2nd photo, you may need to rotate the crankshaft another full turn.

It should match the diagram, if it doesn't that's a problem to fix.