Great guide to making something that is usually aggravating, very easy. Everyone, keep building big blocks! 👍😁

I’d say this is a very direct,informative video. Straight to the point. Easy directions.

Thanks man I blew half A-day trying to get a new engine to start. After watching your video I had it fired up in 15 minutes. Thank you brother!

It worked! Thanks for the easy timing repair, I just finished wrapping up the 84 chevy dually 454 for after sitting for more the 10 year's! The timing was the last thing on my list although I tried timing it a couple of times an gave up or took a break for awhile. I followed your technique today an it started right up. Your a old school chevy V8 timing genius my friend! Thanks

Good detailed video. One thing you can do when it comes to the oil pump shaft alignment, no need to even mess with aligning it. The distrib drops in 2 stages, the cam gear then the pump shaft. Do everything you did the same as far as setting the distrib/timing. Once the cam gear is engaged it locks in your timing so you dont need to worry about the oil pump shaft, you can then just turn the crankshaft until the distrib drops the rest of the way when the distrib aligns with the pump shaft. Many people go thru such a process of trying to align the pump shaft before dropping the distrib when you dont need to.

Literally the most informative video i have seen to date! and this sparked my memory of my dad telling me this! Right on!

Awesome. Made the mistake of removing the old distributor on my 68 SS Camaro, and not marking anything. I wasted a day trying to get button pointing at #1 and never could. Used your tip on manually turning female part of oil pump gear and bam! Had it lined up and fired up! Thanks!

Thanks a lot Crazy Dad! I brought my indy C3 to to Europe and nobody knows this Vette in Barcelona, I use your tip, no strobe-lamp, no problem, car runs good! Simple basic tip that works! God bless America!!

Thank you, I have been searching for the perfect video from start to finish and this is it. I changed the dist. on my 73 C10 and it will not start. I am going to go back and retrace my steps using all the steps in the video. Wish me luck.

Crazy Dad! How's it goin'??? It's good to revisit the basics once in a while. Far too many people have no idea how to do something as simple as this.

Thanxx for this. Haven’t done it in decades and this brought it all right back in the most common sense way.

I’m new on the small block stuff I have been building the ls in my truck but I just got a 3rd gen Camaro a month ago and I am replacing the locked up 305 with a fresh 305 carb and hei distributor swap this is great help he went over everything I needed to know

Crazy, most vids I found on how to set timing have been super confusing, but this is simple and straightforward. Thanks

Thankyou buddy!!! Best explanation and "working guys" description yet!!!!

Thanks for showing it in great detail!! Haven't been mechanic school in a long time .lol well done Sir

Finishing up a 57 Cadillac, and i needed this video, thanks for your knowledge.

Thank you for a great and easy to follow video. It helped me out a lot.

cursing using bad language i thought itwas only me, anyway i been me trying to install my 454 chevy dstributor with no luck so far i thought it was easy i took it for granted hopefully after watching you video i will eventually get it done , thanks for Uploading it!!

Just wanted to say your video was very helpful and I would like to thank you .

u are awesome sir! thanks abunch! i really appreciate it! u took the time to record and share! i jus followed on how u explained it and u were rite, jus like u said, “it shud fire rite up first try,” and man WOW! it was goin on day-3 wit dis ol’ -79’ chevy scottsdale 2x4, 350 sb-motor! the guy i use to run to and ask wen i had machanical issue’s, my HERO, my DAD, he is no longer wit us! so again, Thanks Sir! u da man!

Good job in explaining in plain language and thanks for sharing!

Wish I could have linked up with you when I lived in Utah. We just left in 2019 after being there for 10 years. We lived in Ogden, best wishes, and great video's!

You can also use a shop style paper towel put into #1 cylinder. When the pressure builds up will push the paper towel out. Don't even need fingers.

I'll do this tomorrow and will then check back in with my results.Thanks!

Thanks you are soo good at showing the details of what to do thanks again

Got my engine to fire up after watching this video thanks alot man

Great detailed instructions. Thanks!

Thank you for the best Chevy timing video i have ever seen big 👍

Thanks for your video it was a big help I hope it works on my 87 Corvette as well

Great info video! I have to do this same thing to my 1984 chevy 1 ton dually BBL. Thanks....

Thanks you are a big help... I did it thanks to you...👍

What an excellent video sir. I will be sending this to a couple of guys I know. Heck even a caveman can do it or an overthinker. That's pretty much how I do it. 😊

Thank god i found this video, ive been at it for over 2 days. I made the mistake of pulling the distributer without marking anything. I pulled it trying to troubleshoot a backfire out of the carb, hopefully it takes car of that.

Thank u sir it was so helpful,I did that on my 1969 caddy

You make it much easier but still good and I like it thanks.

I KNEW THIS GUY WAS THE REAL DEAL WHEN I SAW COB WEBS ON THE ENGINE! MY TYPE OF GUY.

Thanks dad you just helped me. And took the mystery out of the problem thanks

This helped me out alot ...thank you

Thanks i will try your method it seems to make better or a less complicated process

Thank you for this video. You helped me out

Awsome video thanks for posting

Agree 100% also excellent video always and helpfull too!

Thank you for goin in depth on it- I just did this to mine and the starter locked up immeadiately, Idk what else to do

It definitely works tried ran perfectly

Great information thank you very much sir

Can't wait to try it out.. here I come my 1978 chev silverado c10..

Excellent this is what I got right now thanks

if you cant get the oil pump drive lined up, just set the distributor in place and crank the engine over. it will drop in. make sure gasket is seated properly, aftermarket manifolds have too big a hole, allowing distrubutor to be cocked to one side, not compressing the gasket well enough. it will leak there.

Good job explaining 👏

Great video,great help thank you

Thank you man you helped me out Big time

Thanks buddy one of the best video thanks 👍

Thanks that's awesome really helpful

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Great video! Thank you!

Thanks, for all the details ( in the past 40 + years a Ford / Dodge guy ) first Chevy this part always trouble mostly can't see Cevrolet in the rear ??? anyway Many many thanks, got a new rebuilt block in basement, going to try ( first time chevy ) but got 3 Chevys now. Jason ( going into a 1985 C10 upgrade 305 to a 350 yea ). J.

Amazing you are the best 👍

Thank, this Really helped

Thank u sir great vid

UnA information muy Bien explicada gracias por El vidio

Great video

Firing order really don’t matter as long as you got them right but usually number 1 is the second terminal clockwise from the tach terminal.

And how did he get the rotor from pointing thing at that bolt to pointing at the cylinder one?

Thanks crazy Dad!

How would you advance the timing say 8 degrees? This video shows TDC and zero on the balancer, but what if I wanted to advance it? Could I get it set at 0 on the tab, then just clock it back to 8 without removing or fooling with the distributor?

If I'm just replacing the springs in the distributor, I don't need TDC, right? Since it's going directly back in?

Where did you get your exhaust manifold plugs? Did you have to cross thread them?

Having trouble getting my small block timed up every time I drop the distributor in I wanted up having to turn my distributor palm around to the firewall and I’ve got a 500 lift cam in it and I don’t know if that’s what it is or if I’m just off

Thank you!!

So, just checking my thinking (excellent video by the way), if a person does it this way, then the engine is timed with “0” degrees (TDC) correct? So, to my way of thinking, once this is done, a person can turn the crankshaft until the mark on the harmonic balancer is pointing at the desired advance - say 12 degrees on the engine timing cover mark. Then, if you gently rotate the distributor housing until the rotor is again pointing right at the number 1 wire (lifting the distributor cap so you can see where the rotor is now pointing as needed), then your engine is “statically” timed at 10 degrees advance - am I correct on my thinking? I am about to fire up a freshly rebuilt small block Chevy, and as it has a new cam and lifters, I’ve got to get it to 2,000rpm as fast as I can, and hold it for about 20 minutes. It’s been years since I did this, and everyone has me all nervous about ruining the cam 😱. Please advise, and I’m just trying to get this right in my mind and don’t want to have a problem at start up, if I can help it. Thanks!

THANK YOU!!!!

My 454 is the same way #8 is first . Could the timing chain have slipped a tooth or was it just the previous owner didn't do the timing right? It runs but I feel it could run better

Great video.. How do i install a locked distributor for 36 degrees? No videos about it.. is it the same way?

Hello I have an oldsmobile 307 it is the same ?? for the distributor it's different

Thank you, for real

I did that once and for some reason did not run, I had to turn an extra tooth clockwise then it was fine new balancer as well

Why does it hurt to set up on exhaust stroke? Doesnt plug fire on both strokes ?

How do I time a 94 Chevrolet four-wheel drive giant pickup

I'm getting a misfire after adjusting timing on my 350....any help?

Can anyone show me how to do it by myself I have a 89 Chevy 5.7 they say unplug the timing advance off the fire wall the go through with what your doing

Will this work for dodge? I have a 360 Dodge ram 82

Is it the same for an Oldsmobile 307 5.0 or is it different?

Would this work on 96 Tahoe 5.7 vortec??

My distributor doesn't have the vacuum advance, what do you recommend...?

Greetings my KZfaq brother I hope you are well, I will get straight to the point I know how precious our time is , 4 years ago my place burnt to the ground I lost everything cars drones my cats, I'm grateful to be alive,fast forward to today I have a job my own little place, again I'm very grateful, I'm buying an older car and I'm wondering if I get in a bind trying to bring her to life, may I ask your guidance? Thank you for your time

So I think there is an error in the position of your rotor in this video. If you are installing an HEI (like the one in your video) the rotor will point to #1 at about the 6:30ish position, not 5:30 as you show. On classic chevy small block engines that use ignition breaker points (points) instead of electronic ignitions, the number one cylinder is the one immediately clockwise of the small metal sash cover on the distributor cap. There is no sash cover on the distributor cap for GM HEI electronic ignitions, and the firing order is the same, but starting at the 5:30 position for the points distributor like what you show in the video.

Distributor time for 1 1rz distributor timing mark

Where at in Utah are you??

Bout to try this right now I might need help

Compression strock I just can't find it by myself no one to help

Just stuff a rag in there or a plastic plug it's pops out far

My friend pounded his distributor into his engine with a hammer. Would go in any other way. Its a Caddy 500 engine

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Altho i think the vacuum canister broke off the carb or its not attached to the distrubuter but sitting behind it.