Folks, I legitimately need help. I may have bitten off more than I can chew by myself. I put in a new distributor in my truck not knowing all the ins and outs. Now im paying for it. I have a 1993 Ford f-250 with the 5.8l 351W with electronic fuel injection. So, I have gotten to where the truck wi…

Did you install the distributor with #1 cylinder @ TDC? And did you install the distributor so the rotor would point to the tower for #1 cylinder on the distributor cap when it dropped down? Tester

I didn’t. I learned that here a little bit ago. Ill have to pull the #1 spark plug and manually move it there then try again. However, once that is set and my idle/timing is set, if it still have issue then its for sure the wires being slightly out of order right?

This is the firing order for your engine. [image] Tester

And you need to pull the base time connector to adjust the timing with a timing light. If left connected the timing will wander several degrees as you move the distributor.

So I tried pulling the #1 cylinder spark plug out, and reinserting the distributor to where it sits at the #1 plug. Now I can’t get it to start as I had it earlier. Mind you I put that cylinder at its highest point. Is it possible thats reversed? Does that cylinder need to be at the bottom?

The piston must be on the compression stoke in the #1 cylinder. Tester

So the piston should be on its way up then? Or sitting at the bottom as of its about to come back up?

When the crankshaft harmonic balancer indicator lines up with the block ZERO indicator piston #1 will be at TDC but it’s up to you to determine if it’s at the top of compression or exhaust.

Remove the spark plug. Place your thumb over the spark plug hole while someone turns the engine over by hand. When you feel pressure on your thumb, the piston is coming up on the compression stroke. Turn the engine until the timing mark on the damper pulley is at zero degrees. That’s TDC at #1 cyl…

So Ive tried all of that, and the specs say 10 degrees before top dead center. Tried putting it there and haven’t been able to start it since earlier today. Got that lined up and the distributor rotor lines up with the #1 spark plug and nothing. Can’t for the life of me figure it out why or what I …

Distributor/timing help

Maintenance/Repairs

Tester October 21, 2018, 6:59pm 4

This is the firing order for your engine.

Tester

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Distributor/timing help

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