A warm greetings from Jolly Old Alaska to you in Merry Old United Kingdom...whenever you think it's cold out, remember your Land Rover chums in subarctic AK, where it's a lovely -35F outside. Put on a thick jumper, have a hot cup of tea, and be thankful. Great vid- it helped me figure out the basic timing so I could install my new PerTronix electronic distributor...no points to fuss with, hint-hint! Runs great, thanks again!
The reason your rotor arm is pointing the number 2 cylinder is because you have set it 6 degrees before TDC. If you set it at TDC, it will be correct. Then, highlight the crank pully pointer with white paint and the 6 degrees before the TDC mark. Then, use a strobe on start up to move the body of the distributor until the paint marks line up 👍
as i turn the engine clockwise to TDC the rotor arm moves anti clockwise and even further away from cylinder one. anyhoo i've got my new starter motor so gonna get that on soon and have another go at starting it. 👍
Assuming the engine pully is rotating clockwise like other Land Rover 2.25 and 2.5 liter petrol engines, I believe the description of the timing marks is reversed. At about 40 seconds into the presentation, the person presenting notes the three prongs on the pointer from top to bottom are described as 6 degrees before TDC, 3 before TDC and 0 (TDC). Seems like the top is TDC, the middle is 3 and the lowest one is 6 before TDC. Reason being that with the pully turning clockwise, the lower prong mark would be furthest from the notch on the pully (i.e., the largest number or 6). What am I missing?
A warm greetings from Jolly Old Alaska to you in Merry Old United Kingdom...whenever you think it's cold out, remember your Land Rover chums in subarctic AK, where it's a lovely -35F outside. Put on a thick jumper, have a hot cup of tea, and be thankful. Great vid- it helped me figure out the basic timing so I could install my new PerTronix electronic distributor...no points to fuss with, hint-hint! Runs great, thanks again!
The reason your rotor arm is pointing the number 2 cylinder is because you have set it 6 degrees before TDC. If you set it at TDC, it will be correct. Then, highlight the crank pully pointer with white paint and the 6 degrees before the TDC mark. Then, use a strobe on start up to move the body of the distributor until the paint marks line up 👍
as i turn the engine clockwise to TDC the rotor arm moves anti clockwise and even further away from cylinder one. anyhoo i've got my new starter motor so gonna get that on soon and have another go at starting it. 👍
Assuming the engine pully is rotating clockwise like other Land Rover 2.25 and 2.5 liter petrol engines, I believe the description of the timing marks is reversed. At about 40 seconds into the presentation, the person presenting notes the three prongs on the pointer from top to bottom are described as 6 degrees before TDC, 3 before TDC and 0 (TDC). Seems like the top is TDC, the middle is 3 and the lowest one is 6 before TDC. Reason being that with the pully turning clockwise, the lower prong mark would be furthest from the notch on the pully (i.e., the largest number or 6). What am I missing?
When is video 4 coming out?