[DennisTA15]

Originally Posted by gearhed42

how about -34 degrees? lol im trying to process that pauly posted above your post. It doesnt really make sense but im following it step by step. This is turning into a nightmare lol something so simple a timing!

Sounds like your off a tooth or two. I had some trouble getting my new distributor in at first. When I put it in, the oil pump drive shaft wouldn't let the distributor settle down in the correct tooth. There is a thing inside the distributor gear that looks like a flathead screwdriver. That fits over a shaft that looks similar to a flathead screw. You may need to get a really long screw driver to turn the oil pump drive shaft a little to get your distributor to settle down in the correct teeth.

Here's a pic of the end of the gear...you can see the flat part that fits over and inside of the oil pump drive shaft.


What I would do is set your crank at TDC. And turn your distributor base as close to this as you can. Note the position of the cap hold down screw to the upper intake manifold bolt.


Then pull your cap and see which cylinder your rotor is pointing to. We want it pointing at #1 cylinder, so if it's to the right or left of #1 cylinder pull the distributor and turn it till it settles onto the intake and pointing at #1 cylinder. Use a very long flathead screw driver to turn the oil pump drive shaft. Fine adjustments are made by turning the whole distributor to get to 0 degrees difference between cam and crank. I don't think you'll be able to turn 34 degrees out.

Hope all of this helps