dpuma8 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 (edited) I was switching the distributor to the 280ZX Turbo one and I cant quite get it to the 11:25 that I am seeing on the internet. What I have is almost 11:25 but not quite. It seems I either get this or 12:00 for the shaft. I am asking also because on the diagram from the FSM, it shows the rotor pointing slightly ahead of one of the internal distributor screws while mine is pretty much pointing right at it. Am I a tooth off or is it fine? Edited December 24, 2014 by dpuma8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malibud Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Without looking at the book to see what the placement should be I am not sure but what is your timing set to? My problem was that I could not advance my timing ended up my oil pump was off by one tooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpuma8 Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 I am just trying to get my distributor timing set to what the 280Z manual has at TDC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malibud Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Is the car running ? Picture might be helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimZ Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I was switching the distributor to the 280ZX Turbo one and I cant quite get it to the 11:25 that I am seeing on the internet. What I have is almost 11:25 but not quite. It seems I either get this or 12:00 for the shaft. I am asking also because on the diagram from the FSM, it shows the rotor pointing slightly ahead of one of the internal distributor screws while mine is pretty much pointing right at it. Am I a tooth off or is it fine? Looks like you are off a tooth - need to go one more in the clockwise direction: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewZed Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Make sure the tight side of the timing chain is tight and the damper timing mark is at zero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpuma8 Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 The car was running but I am upgrading for Megasquirt. Car is at TDC and the damper mark is at 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Piston Stop Method for TDC or what? Balancers can slip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpuma8 Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 Eye balled it and the mark was right on. Piston was at the top, the notch matched and cam lobes were at 10 and 2 on cylinder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpuma8 Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 Okay, I did it right and got a piston stop to verify TDC. The mark on the balancer is dead on so I am guessing that my indexing is correct. Is it still off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve260z Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 imo yes. i'd keep trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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