Read old post about TDC #1 and rotor pointing to #8 ???

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BOOKNEE
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97 chevy 350 again.There was an old post by porshman who was peplacing intake gaskets(same thing I did) and couldn't get truck to start. He got a reply saying that the engine needed to be TDC #1 with marks lined up at balancer and that the rotor needed to be pointing to #8 stamped on the distributor. And neede to be + or - 7 degrees. Can anyone explain if this is right because poorshman never asked another queston. I am having he__ trying to get this truck of mine running. Have pulled the dist. at least 10 times. Thanks.
Mar 1, 2007 at 9:31 AM
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the info there was convelouted , the #8 that was stated is a mark in the distributor indicating v8 or 6 for v6, the rotor should point at it when tdc #1 compression stroke is achieved hope this take the guess work out some , note the #6 on the picic


https://www.2carpros.com/forum/automotive_pictures/59481_dist_1.jpg

Mar 1, 2007 at 12:10 PM
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oh and the tapping noise , did you for any reason remove rockers or lifters and pushrods
Mar 1, 2007 at 12:13 PM
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