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>The cam and the crank have never been touched (ok -- exposed the crank and
loosened one bearing to free a piston -- but that's it). The timing cover's
been removed and the marks are fine. The valve clearances have been set and
none are stuck. The #1 piston is at TDC and we checked the valves in
sequence
to determine which stroke its on. All of that meshes perfectly. But - the
#1
plug is firing when the #1 piston is at TDC on the exhaust stroke.
But - I swear - I've never touched the distributor. The closest I've been
is
pulling out the tach gear. That's it. I've not loosened the clamp bolt or
anything else (that I remember) and still the rotor/spindle/cam is turned
180.
<
Have you owned the car since new? Did you replace the spark plug wires?
Is it possible that a previous owner had the distributor out and put it
back in 180 out and compensated by swapping the spark plug wires around?
Or is the rotor defective? Compare it to the other rotor. Maybe the mold
was put together wrong and there is a bunch of them out there like that.
It is highly unlikely that a timing chain or a distributor drive gear
skipping a tooth would wind up exactly 180 out. I'd rule that out until
after EVERYTHING else checks out.
Dave
BTW you never said what model car we are discussing but I take it from your
E-mail address that it is a TR4.
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