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When I pulled my distributor out of my 79 corvette with L82 I was on cylinder 5 instead of top dead center is there an easy fix for that?
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∙ 13y ago
If you haven't turned the engine over since pulling the distributor just put it back in pointing at #5. If you have turned the engine over since removing it simply rotate it until it is at #1 TDC. The easiest way to verify this is to line up the timing marks on the harmonic balancer and the pointer. Unfortunately this doesn't tell you if you are the exhaust or compression stroke. Worst case is you would then be 180 degrees out and you'd have to re-install the distributor exactly opposite of where it is pointing. If you have an assistant remove the #1 plug. Have them put their thumb over the hole. Bump the engine over until the compression blows their thumb from the cylinder. That would be #1 compression stroke. Now install the distributor and wires following the firing order.
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