got spark and fuel, crank, no start...

Double checking my timing and when i put #1 cyl at , what looks to me, top dead center, my rotor button seems to be past 1, more between 1 AND 5 post.
When i rotate engine so rotor button is at 1 post, it seems that my piston is slightly lower then top.

How dead nuts does this need to be? Am i over thinking this?

 

If you're trying to index your distributor, it's very important. You really need a sacrificial dizzy cap to do this right. You cut a window into the cap so you can see the #1 terminal in the cap. The rotor's trailing edge should be .020" past the #1 terminal at TDC.

 

great thanks for the info,

can you go into indexing the distributor a bit more.

setting timing is new territory for me.

 

There should be alignment holes in the distributor. 2 that you can see when you take the coil off, and 1 underneath. Spin it so the 2nd hole on the top aligns with the hole underneath and drop a pin in it to hold it there. Turn the oil pump drive to 11 o'clock, put the motor TDC and it should drop right in and be perfectly lined up.

 

 

Good info for 91 and later but irrelevant for a Renix.

To the OP: My post #2 is how you index the distributor on a Renix. It has nothing to do with your ignition timing.

 

Yes

OP - as cruiser just stated - when you are at TDC the rotor should be slightly PAST the #1 post. If it fired right when you reach TDC it would be too late - hence the purpose of timing advance.

The teeth on the distributor (at least on an HO) are pretty big and being a tooth off is pretty obvious.

 

Didn't catch the year in any of that.

 

It is in his signature.

 

Gotcha. Can't see that on the iPhone app.

 

Same size teeth on a Renix.