Hello everyone. I bought a 42 chevy 3/4 ton pickup
with a complete engine minus the distributor. The
trouble is, I am having a hard time determining the
original position of the distributor. I removed the
number one spark plug and cranked the engine until I
feld compression then lined up pointer on flywheel.
Now I just need to know the position of the
distributor. If I were to draw a straight line off
the number one wire on the the dist cap, where should
it be pointing. I have tried a couple of positions
and can not get it to fire so far.
Also the starter is missing the reversing switch
that reverses the direction of current through the
distributor. What I did was take the power straight
from the ignition switch to the coil positive, then
from coil negative to distributor, then from
distributor to ground. I seem to be getting a fine
spark. Is this an okay way to do this?
Thanks for your help.
Chris Simmonds
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