Classic/Antique Car Repair/engine timming marks

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Expert: - 6/22/2008


Question
i have a 1976 Nova straight six motor, timming is gear driven with no timming marks, i know to bring number one piston up, and ignition rotor in number one place,car won't start just cranks, timming gear was worn out and broke, replaced cam gear but no marks, what am i doing wrong

Answer
Every timing gear, the one on the cam and the one on the crank, for Chevrolet that I have ever seen has a timing mark. The mark on the cam gear for your car is a dot as is the one on the crank gear. I would get the timing case off again and start from ground zero. Also make sure that the cam gear has not been installed with the mark on the inside. Let me kone.
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All automotive including antique and collectible. However if the car has been modified I can only answer in general terms and maybe get you pointed in the right direction.

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Automotive tech instructor. Syndicated auto columnist 1970's though the early 1990's. Syndicated auto radio talk show, Ask Brad About cars, CBS Radio 70's through 90's TV Show "Last Chance Garage" 1980's PBS-TV syndicated. Auto instructor for the following companies: Fram Autolyte Holly Carter AMF Ford Motor University Of Conn Blue Hills Technical School Sugar River Technical Center Grew up in a family garage in Needham Mass and turned wrenches from the age of 14.

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Manchester Union Leader, Nashua Telegraph, Motor Service Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Popular Mechanics (Saturday Mechanic early 80's), Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and lots more.

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More than I care to remember. Basically Franklin Technical Institute in Boston, Northeastern University, Fitchburg State Teachers College, Tufts University, and a lot of factory schools along the way.

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Moto Award winner. And much more.

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