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""Ken Allgood"" <kenallgood@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Ok so I got it on TDC for cyl #1, adjust rockers. Turn engine clockwise
to
> next tick mark, and looking at the distributor, it's now pointing at
> Cylinder #2 (which this is what got me a little confused before).. so I
> check the FSM to make sure the firing order and cyl #'s are as I was told.
> Sure enough, they were, but what has got me wondering was I noticed that
the
> FSM shows that the Distributor rotor rotates clockwise (which the next
> cylinder going that way would indeed by #8), but when i'm doing it, it's
> rotating the rotor counter-clockwise. So I turn the crankshaft 45 deg the
> other way (and i'm sure you've already guessed), and the rotor did not
> move... and NOW the rotor is off by a cylinder in the firing order.....
I'm
> afraid to ask how much I've screwed up.. And on top of that, why in the
> world is the distributor rotor turning counter-clockwise?? I thought
(maybe
> incorrectly) that to turn the engine in proper order, when facing the
engine
> from the front, turn the crankshaft clockwise......
> AAAAAACCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
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>
> Ken Allgood
> 97 CC SLT 5.2L
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