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Is it me (again)?

Got these instructions from the 88 Vortex download for the 4 plugger ECU model, find it is no different here for EA82 of any sort. Never had success following these instructions and worked out to set up differently, but now tricked self as this is not a three plug style dizzy I am about to fit. Got some real steptoe notes to follow in reverse and describes how it all looks when finished - I'll keep them to myself until sorted one way or another

10) Install distributor, proceeding as follows:

( 1) Bring #1 cylinder piston to its top dead centre on compression stroke. Set camshaft sprocket to the position shown in Figure 44.

Surely nothng is changed from TDC between the two different coloured instructions, so why ? just checking?? I ask coz we have just been instructed to fit cam belts so everythng lines up correctly ??


Figure 44 shows timng pointer on fly at 0 - or TDC

(2) Align distributor housing match mark with pinion gear match mark to set #1 cylinder at igniting position

(3) Install distributor to camshaft case......

While what you say is true Steptoe you can have the crank aligned to TDC and still have the dizzy's cam 180 degrees out - this is why you need to make sure that the cam is also aligned to the marker so make sure the engine is at TDC on cylinder #1 where it needs to be to reference the #1 spark plug mark you've hopefully made to correctly align the dizzy.

Hope this makes sense, I've probably written it wrong but it makes sense to me! 2 crank rotations to every one rotation of the cam

Cheers

Bennie

The stage that I actually pulled the dizzy this time was on tear down, to remove turbo side timing belt with no tension on it from th valve springs I rotated from #1 TDC to the lll marks, removed belt,and cambox, rotated another revolution to the lll marks again to get valve tension off the dizzy side timing belt and cam box. It was here that the dizzy came out with rotor turning clockwise a tad, position noted start to finish. Just had to reinterpret that all in reverse and forgot that I was nowhere near #1 TDC.

All looks good now. One day I will try the factory method