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There are many ways to do this and here is mine which I have found to be accurate and simple. Remove all spark plugs and the coil wire. If you have a remote starter switch use it to turn the engine over in very small stages. If you have no remote use an assistant. Now find the #1 spark plug and put your finger over the hole and wait for the compression stroke. As soon as you feel the push of air from the piston coming back up on the compression stroke stop and insert a straw into the spark plug hole. Turn the engine over by hand and watch as the piston is coming up it will push the straw out of the hole. When it finally stops pushing the straw up mark that position on the crankshaft pulley. Now continue turning the engine over by hand until you see the straw start down. Mark that position on the crankshaft pulley. Now move the engine backward to halfway between the 2 marks and you are at TDC. You can now look in the distributor and it will be pointing at the #1 plug firing position. Now if you are building a racing engine you need a dial indicator to do this so it will be very accurate. But for a common engine build this will work fine.
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