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.
how to set timing on ford 1987 f-100 302 without timing light
For a 1968 Cougar with a 302 ci/ 2 bbl carb, you will want to set the timing at 6*B from TDC
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.
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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