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It can be anywhere you want it if you are building a motor fom scratch. If you have taken this vehicle apart, then it is where the #1 plug wire comes into the dist. cap. If you were changing the wires, and are bveyond that, then what you will have to do is look down at the harmonic balancer. There will be a tab sticking out of the timing cover, on the drivers side. There will be a slash on the balancer, and it will line up with the 0 mark on the tab. You will have to have someone "bump" the starter to line the two up, and, if you stand in front of the car, and reach down with both hands, you can usually turn the motor a little bit by hand. After lining the two up, take off the distributor cap and notice where the rotor is pointed. You can be 180 degrees off, if the timming mark is lined up, so the rotor could be 180 off, but, the rotor should be pointing somewhere in the 4, or 5 oclock position on the distributor. That is where the factory usually puts ther #1.
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32 thousands
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Does 5.0 liter 1985 Chevy engine require any distributor point gapping?
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Where is no 1 on the distributor cap of a 1984 Chevy 350 v8?
there is no hard fast rule here. but typically with the cap off and number one cylinder at TDC on compression stroke. the rotor will point at number one cylinder on the engine.
Where on the distributor cap does number 1 spark plug wrie go on a 4.3 liter Chevy?
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.017, or, a matchbook cover, works great.
