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> Question: was > > Can a distributor be installed and run a 180 degrees out. I > started to > tune up the engine in my 69 square last night. I have a new motor > planned but thought now's a good time to start learning how things go > together. I went to adjust the valves; put the motor at TDC and > low and > behold the #1 valves were not closed. > > The notch on the dist faces the fan and not the front of the engine as > in Bentley and Muir manuels. How can you tell the engine is a > TDC on #1 > cylnder. > > The engine runs, but very hot! > > Ron... > Ron, yes it is possible to put the distributor 180 degrees wrong but I donĄt think the engine would still be running then. When the engine runs hot, one cause could be that the timing is very(!) early. Maybe you have the wrong distributor (there were many different ones used). It is hard to tell from a distance. Heiko 68 Notch, 70 Fast, 71 Fast