>I installed a new oil pump on the 440 in my '72. Remove plug #1 While holding your finger over the plug hole for #1 gently turn the engine from the crank pulley with a ratchet. You should feel compression pushing your finger away from the spark plug hole on the compression stroke. Once you feel the compression line the timing mark up on the harmonic balancer and install the distributor with the rotor pointing to #1 cylinder. Reinstall the plug, start her up and set the timing. If you lazy like me just line the timing mark up and reinstall the distributor. It will either start or pop back through the exhaust/carb. If you get the pop back you are 180 degrees off and need to remove the distributor and advance 180 degrees then try again. Steve B. -- Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.2 - Release Date: 4/21/2005 ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm