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#33320 03/26/2004 5:31 AM | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 20 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 20 | I searched and found the firing order for my 62 235 Cheby engine.
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But being a V8 **** guy, I'm not sure which one Chrvy calls number 1, near radiator or near transmission.
Any help appreciated.
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..
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#33321 03/26/2004 5:58 AM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,813 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,813 | #1 is at the radiator end!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
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#33322 03/26/2004 7:01 AM | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 20 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 20 | Thanks, that might explain why she's not running :-)
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..
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#33323 03/26/2004 7:58 AM | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | The distributor rotates clockwise.
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#33324 03/26/2004 9:08 AM | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 20 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 20 | 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..
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#33325 03/26/2004 9:52 AM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,813 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,813 | Pull all the spark plugs, and turn the fan. (Clockwise from the front!) With a tight fan belt, the engine should turn. Another method is to put the truck in high gear, and gently roll it forward until #1 rolls up to TDC. BTW, the timing mark comes up twice, once at the top of the compression stroke, and again at TDC on exhaust. One of our guys here spent a couple of weeks figuring that one out! Be sure both valves are closed on #1 when you line up the timing mark!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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#33326 03/26/2004 10:49 AM | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | I said that because it bit me before. The last engine with a distributor I had before that rotated counterclockwise.
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#33327 03/26/2004 12:14 PM | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 20 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 20 | Thanks guys. I had to punt on the old Chevy. I'll go back to figh that battle again with some charged batteries.
I went to work on one of my other projects. I at least got it to run. Still can't drive it, but it runs :-) Out of 3 old trucks, I've goy one running motor and no driveable trucks. It wouldn'e be so bad, but my main project has over $10K in the motor alone (no, not running :-(....
The wife is just shaking her head. "You mean, we've got 3 trucks, but I f I want a new dishwasher I have to get it delivered".....
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..
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#33328 03/26/2004 12:40 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 510 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 510 | Originally posted by Hotrod Lincoln:
Pull all the spark plugs, and turn the fan. (Clockwise from the front!) With a tight fan belt, the engine should turn. Another method is to put the truck in high gear, and gently roll it forward until #1 rolls up to TDC. BTW, the timing mark comes up twice, once at the top of the compression stroke, and again at TDC on exhaust. One of our guys here spent a couple of weeks figuring that one out! Be sure both valves are closed on #1 when you line up the timing mark!
Jerry To add to this, if you have the plugs pulled, you should be able to put your finger over the #1 plug hole and turn the motor over with the fan. When you feel the compression move your finger away from the hole, this is the compression stroke. Continue rotating until the TDC mark is lined up. If you can't find the TDC mark, rotate until no more compression is felt. That will be close enough to set the distributor rotor to point at #1. It otta fire right up from there. | | |
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