OK, so my motor had been torn apart and the guy could time it so he sold it to me. i screwed with the distributor and got it running some what well but the timing marks are way off. is there a way to re set the timing marks with the distibutor out or the engine?

 

was the e-shaft pully taken completely taken apart? It's not too hard retime or reset the time...But we need more info brother

 

The pulley can go on 4 different ways 90 degrees out from each other. Its probably just installed in the wrong spot if its THAT far off.

~T.J.

 

There is a detailed writeup in the Archive section by Jeff20B that will explain how to put things back correctly. Check it out, its pretty simple to do...

 

Yup, do a search for how to find TDC, there pics and everything you need.

 

sweet i'll look for that post. when i wrote that up the first time i had a brain fart and couldn't remember TDC otherwise i would have put that in.

 

For our cars, shouldn't that be "LDC?"

 

Here it is:

https://www.rx7club.com/1st-gen-archive-71/ignition-how-find-tdc-661311/