Hello everyone, This is a non buick question ( it runs like a bat outta hell!) so dont be too hard on me! Im curious how can you be absoultely sure if your at top dead center or not? I put rebuilt heads as well as cam, intake, headers, etc on my 68 wagon today and i want to make sure at start up that it is correct. #1 piston is at top of block (intake & exhaust lifters are at the same height, correct?) and I can feel pressure wanting to push my finger out of the way on the #1 sparkplug hole. Im turn the engine with a wrench by hand in the direction that it will run. Is this correct or is it backwards? Should my finger be feeling a suction or pull into the head. I their a website with goo photos of this? Inquirey minds want to know! Thanks for all the previous help! Drew in South Carolina.
Drew, That sounds right to me. You want to fire the engine on the compression stroke, so you finger should feel pressure. Then line up the damper with the timing tab, install the distriutor with the rotor pointing to #1 tower and it should light right up.
