Number 1 cylinder is on passenger side front of engine. Remove all the spark plugs and place you thumb over the #1 plug hole. Turn the engine until you feel the piston come up on the compression stoke. It will push at your thumb on the compression stroke. You can then insert a long screwdriver in the hole and touch the top of the piston. Turn the engine over by hand very, very, slowly until the piston is at TDC. Caution: Do not do this with the starter, turn it over by hand.
10 degrees BTDC according to motorcraft.com ( one of Fords websites )
8 to 9 degrees with a timing light with vacuum advance hooked up,
Assuming you have set the engine to #1 TDC and marked the position of the distributor and the position of the rotor, remove the distributor hold-down clamp and it's bolt, then pull the distributor up and out.
For a 1968 Cougar with a 302 ci/ 2 bbl carb, you will want to set the timing at 6*B from TDC
how to set timing on ford 1987 f-100 302 without timing light
12 degrees btdc
The intake on the 1979 Ford 302 engine is different than the intake on the 1993 Ford 302 engine. The intakes are not interchangeable.
http://www.compcams.com/Technical/Instructions/Files/179.pdf
302 ford soft plug for camshaft
Two. The standard Ford 302 and the 302 HO VIN M.
no the 3.8 is a v6 and the 302 is a 5.0 v8
absolutely not the 302 is in the front and the 460 is in the rear