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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 07:16 PM
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Timing Question

I am going to get my car smoged in a few days. I did some work in the engine bay so i took the distributer out. When I put it back in, I had to set the timing. My question is i set the timing on the front rotor, is that it? the manual didnt say anything about the rear rotor. So do you only have to time the front rotor and that takes care of it. Also which ignition coil goes to which part of the distributer. right Now I have the front coil going to the trailing the the rear going to the leading, is this right
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 07:20 PM
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yeah.. thats right on the coils.. however.. there are 2 timing marks on the pully.. One is for the front leading .. and one is for the back leading side.. should be right though!
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 07:39 PM
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well when i hook up the gun to the rear rotor, nothing shows up on the pully????
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 09:55 PM
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Leading-lower plug, trailing-top plug, timing is on the #1 rotor only.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 11:01 PM
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so you only need to time the first rotor right
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 11:25 PM
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correct, you time the leading and trailing off of the front rotor, the rear rotor is gonna get you nowhere
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