The factory workshop and Haynes manuals both state that 8 degrees BTDC needs to be set with the distributor rotor facing the cylinder 6 position. Does that sound right to anyone else? I’ve done a forum search and haven’t found anything definitive regarding this. Thanks!

 

Memory?????

As fitted, before fiddling with, the rotor did point in the general direction of #6 cyl, at TDC #1 compression stroke.

#6 is the front cylinder on these.

Since the distributor is an offset tang drive, pretty straight forward.

 

Thank you very much, Grant! Much appreciated.

 

Note that the timing setting varies by model year. If you can find a sticker under the hood somewhere with the settings, that is the best. Otherwise make sure you find the correct year specific settings for you engine.

 

Will do, thanks!