1998frontierxe

Hi, So here's my situation. I pulled my oil pump becuase the gasket was leaking. In order for things to work again now i have to get my #1 piston to TDC. But while trying to do this my rotor was not spinning on the distributor cap. I got it TDC and put the Rotor where i thought it belonged and put everything back together. It didn't start but sounded like it wanted to. I don't know what part of the step i did wrong. What do i look for on the distributor to know that it's in the right position in relation to TDC ???

Also, do i have to now take the oil pump back out to start the process all over ??

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

extech

sounds like you are 180 degrees out. have someone bump the starter until no 1 poston starts on the compression stroke. hold your finger over the spark plug hole until you feel a rush of air. Then look at the crankshaft pulley and set marks to tdc. NOTE/remove the dist cap before doing this. I think when this is accomplished you can pull the dist and rotate the shaft until the rotor is in the approximate position. Then retime.

extech

I think you can pull the distributor and rotate shaft until the rotor is in the approximate postion. aTo find tdc, remove no1 plug and dist cap. have someone bump the start while holding your finger over sparkplug hole. when u feel the compression stop. Look at the damper pulley and fine tune lining up timing marks to tdc. Then pull distributor out until you can rotate the dist shaft. You will have to reset timeing.