94 civic -won't start
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Re: 94 civic -won't start
Tegger wrote:
> "Rjh" <bobandjean1981@verizon.net> wrote in
> news:Q60ei.2428$AR5.2213@trnddc06:
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>> Thanks for all your help............things just didn't seem right and
>> started from the top with checking to see that everything is in line
>> as far as timing. Found out when distributor was loose it actually
>> jumped 180 degrees out of time!! BUT the timing belt was original so
>> I changed that also....runns like a champ!!
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> Excellent!
>
> But the distributor cannot jump 180. The slot is offset from the rotation
> axis, so the distributor can only go on the camshaft one way. Somebody
> probably rotated the engine when the distributor was off.
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that wouldn't do it. 180 on the cam is 360 on the crank. only way it
can be 180 out is if the timing belt's set wrong after the change.
> "Rjh" <bobandjean1981@verizon.net> wrote in
> news:Q60ei.2428$AR5.2213@trnddc06:
>
>> Thanks for all your help............things just didn't seem right and
>> started from the top with checking to see that everything is in line
>> as far as timing. Found out when distributor was loose it actually
>> jumped 180 degrees out of time!! BUT the timing belt was original so
>> I changed that also....runns like a champ!!
>
>
> Excellent!
>
> But the distributor cannot jump 180. The slot is offset from the rotation
> axis, so the distributor can only go on the camshaft one way. Somebody
> probably rotated the engine when the distributor was off.
>
>
>
>
that wouldn't do it. 180 on the cam is 360 on the crank. only way it
can be 180 out is if the timing belt's set wrong after the change.
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