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Setting distributor timing without $$$$ scan tool? 1999 5.7 Suburban

So are you saying if you can get it close enough to run by pointing the rotor at the #1 pin on the cap and having the #1 cylinder at tdc cs that it will time itself ? Because before my CIL was on , I did exactly what I just explained and the CIL went off but now there's a misfire I can feel and...
- Iknownothing
- Post #34
- Mar 14, 2022
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
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Setting distributor timing without $$$$ scan tool? 1999 5.7 Suburban

So now I'm going to ressurect this post an prolly have nothing to add for anyone to learn from but , I have pulled my dist 3 or 4 times in the past day and yes I drilled holes out in the cap to watch the spark travel to the pin in the cap , that being said you can clearly see the spark in...
- Iknownothing
- Post #33
- Mar 14, 2022
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance