4onthefloor, you're on top of the game...I was just thinking that I need to confirm the direction of rotation! Although I was just spinning it with teh cap off. It's sparking well (reman dizzy, new coil, good wires). It looks like fuel is getting to the carb, may be old fuel, but it's getting there.

Now, I've got all the info I need except how to get #1 TDC. How do you guys manually turn the crank. I could not get a socket to grab a crank bolt inside the balancer like I would do on my ***** . I can hit it with the staret, but I can't really tell where it's stopping, Russian Roulette.


62 1/2 Ton Stepside, 3 on the tree and 235 I6
Grandpa gave it to me, it is straight and original with about 90K original miles..