Questions & Answers for: Chevrolet 1500 bump top

...TOP DEAD CENTER COMPRESSION STROKE (HAVE I FRIEND BUMP THE MOTOR OVER BUMP IS THE KEY IUNTIL YOU FEEL THE COMPRESSION IN THE CYL BLOW YOUR FINGER OFF THE HOLE THEN LOOK AT THE BOTTOM CENTER PULLY IT ...

...bump the engine when you feel a rush of air that's the compression stroke when the piston is at the top of it's compression stroke . pop the cap look to make sure the rotor is pointing at the # 1 ...

...top or if you have help put your thumb over the plug hole sand have someone bump the engine over till the pressure in the cylinder pops your thumb free,,,check front of crank  harmonic balancer ...

bump the engine around until Air is pushing your finger out==(STOP) now you are at TDC Top Dead Center ,Pull Distributor Cap off and What ever the Distributors Rotor is Pointing to Should be #1-Start

rebuilt distributor did not line up with oil pump bumped engine over now timiing is off you must align the slot in the oil pumps shaft with #1 plug and glently install. A 20 degree offset before top ...