Hello everybody I am new to this site I recently purchased a 1980 C3 with a 5.7 small block Chevy. I have been around these cars my whole life I have built many motors with my father this is the reason for my confusion.I pulled the timing cover to make sure the timing was correct on the chain when I put it back together after lining up the dots it would not run it backfired through the carburetor. Now if you line up the dot's now and you take the rotor and put it on number six cylinder it will run anybody have any idea what is going on and how can I fix it .Thanks
I gather you replaced the chain, gears? Before pulling them off, did you line up the dots and also have the rotor pointing to #1 (harmonic timing mark on zero)?
During the timing chain work you accidentally put your distributor in 180 degrees off from where it originally was. That's why it'll now run normally with the rotor pointing at the #6 terminal. Remember, a 4-stroke engine takes two revolutions to complete one cycle so the timing mark on the damper will line up in either the #1 or #6 position. So just having the engine on TDC doesn't tell you WHICH TDC it is. It could be the TDC of #1 or the TDC of #6 and the only way to tell is to see if the cylinder is on it's compression stroke.
Any time I want to find the TDC of #1 I screw my compression tester into the #1 hole and when I see the pressure rising I know it's approaching TDC of #1.
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