Re: 1948 Packard not starting

Posted by HH56 On 2020/3/26 9:15:56

The way I understand the procedure is if you place the dot as the SM suggests, the distributor rotor will line up at the roughly 7:00 position for #1 that is illustrated in other documents. Not having the dot positioned where suggested, the distributor will still mesh and work properly but it will mean the referenced location given for #1 will shift in either direction by however many teeth or degrees difference the dot is positioned.

While the distributor will work without issues, the shift in #1 may cause a future mechanic not knowing about the shift some frustration if he tries to install new wires on a bare distributor going by the wiring diagram or other document. The only timing difficulty I could see might be if the new #1 position wants to rotate the body enough to move something fixed on the dist like the vacuum advance or grease cup far enough where interference with something else might limit how much the dist body could be further rotated for timing adjustment.