Ok, I have done searches and come up with a few answers, but I need help
I have had way to much going on lately and seem to only work on the 52 Chevy 3600 when I get some free time and even then only in spurts.
Its a later model 235, casting numbers say its 58-62. I am having the hardest time finding top dead center. I have done the way the manual says for a disturbed engine, thus placing a finger over the hole until compression comes up blows finger off hole then about a third of turn, and you should see the timing steel ball. I can see this, at least I think, it looks like a BB embedded into the flywheel. Also I would say about 10 degrees clockwise from this, I see what looks like a cast triangle.
Now by this I also know that the intake valve should just start to close, and the exhaust valve would have gone thru its cycle. This should be true TDC. But it acts like its 180 out. I could really use some help here.
Now My question what is the sure fire way (No pun intended) to find TDC, wire it up and not be 180 out?
I ran out of daylight and hung it up for the night.
I did have it running earlier in the day quite poorly, but I made a very important discovery that caused me to tear it back down again. There wasn’t any oil coming up thru the head into the rocker assembly.
I read the manual but discovered nothing, I took the dizzy back out, ran the drill with a flat blade adapter on it, (this was with the head back off, I found oil, it pumped like a champ. Now the important discovery, two of my head bolts have a groove in them from the bottom of the bolt all the way thru the threads, thus letting oil pump. This was not how I had it assembled.
So Now its assembled again, pumps oil to the top, and now of course I am having some timing issues.
Other things to not I am using Pertronix I did have it running so spark is not the issue, the issue is got to be timing.
Any help would be appreciated they are calling for sunshine tomorrow. If I get up early enough I can make church, rip the xmas lights off the house and then tear into the truck.
Thanks Guys
Birge
