Pulling the cap off and turning the engine doesn't do anything except with
the rotor (or shaft if you don't have the rotor on it). What does that do?
Absolutely nothing to the engine...it's designed to turn. Now Dester is
correct...if you loosen (or remove) the "C" clamp (as some call it) around
the distributor, you will change the position.
Thought to ponder: When setting TDC, you don't just check the valve
positions and timing gears, but also the distributor position. The only way
to check the position of the rotor is to remove the cap.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Dester223@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 6:13 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: won't start, no spark, please help (Brandon)
Careful with the cap off? uh.. to physically change the position of the
distributor. you have to loosen up a little C clamp at the base of the
intake, which holds the distrubutor in place. As far as putting the cap on
wrong? I don't believe you can without breaknig it!
-Dester
<< I'd be careful of starting the truck with the cap off. If you don't get
the rotor back in the proper
position from where it was last set, you will mess up the firing order !!!
Check the wiring harness
to your computer. Check the coil harness wires. Check to make sure your
plug/coil wires are snapped in place
at both ends. Make sure your not getting spark by arching a screwdriver
from a plug wire to the frame when trying
to start. >>
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