how to install an HEI distributor in a smallblock chevy. don’t forget to install the distributor gasket. the video is for general installation to make sure i…
small block chevy HEI distributor installation
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Great Video. Helped out alot on getting my project to fire up.
ding, clothes are done. thanks for the vid!
main thing is to make sure the rotor is pointing to #1 on the cap with the
engine at tdc #1 on the compression stroke.
Works on many distributors and not just limited to chevy. You can continue
turning the engine clockwise. You’ll have to make two revolutions.
Does this installation method apply to other distributors on small block
chevys, like points and coil type? and can you do it with the engine in
the car?
did u mark the harmonic balancer before u start the job??
@DeltaForceSFODD thank you. i do have another video on setting valve lash
but its a little trickier to get right in my opinion.
Sorry but it looks fine on my computer.
Very helpful video! Thanks! Do you have anymore videos like this? This
helped so much!
This is one the best video I’ve seen in the installation of a HEI
distributor in a small block chevy. Rotating the harmonic balancer is a
trade secret in order for the distributor to drop down properly. Auto
repair books will never tell you that. My hats off to you! Thanks a Million!
Laundry is done.
@fifo32 setting the timing to spec would ensure that timing is not the
cause. there is a single wire connector on the firewall to disable timing
advance. make sure it is plugged in. if not it will also turn on the
service engine light. also check the codes anyway. Those engines did have
trouble with the distributor pickup getting rusty and causing a poor
running condition. just pop the cap and rotor off and see.
Thank you! i think i can finish my intake manifold change out now.
I don’t mean any disrespect but maybe the settings on your monitor need
adjustment. Thanks for watching, 🙂
That is the best on ive seen also…I got a question tho…I have the same
kinda distributor in my 71 olds cutlass…Iam getting fire and gas from the
car but it still wont start…PLEASE…any info???
I knew this 25 years ago but turning engine to drop dist- all the way is
new. Good job.
now it gets tricky when you dont have a timing tab on the balencer. you
have to put it on compresshion then take a skrew driver and put in in the
hole and turn the motor till it stops moving up lol. or take off your valve
cover and put your motor on compresshion by putting your finger in the #1
hole and turn it till it pushes air out the turn it till the first two
valves are compleatly closed
When the distributor drops in after turning the engine a little bit do you
HAVE to rotate backwards to go back to TDC? I can’t go back on my engine
because I end up unscrewing the bolt
good explanation but LEAVE THE DANG LIGHT ON
does inproves alil more power? becuz im planning buying parts that are high
performance.
the wheel of fortune buzzer at the end is priceless. ehhhh.. correct. tell
him what he’s won. thanks for the vid
Thanks. I made this video because a lot of people were asking me how to do
it. It’s so much easier to just show them the video.
Awesome!!
glad i could help!
great vid, so simple yet very informative.better lighting would make it
better. oh btw your clothes are dry lol
My 95 Chevy K1500 is a bit different under the hood but I’m doing mine
while its in the truck.
I apologize for the lighting
@ESTEZZZZ I have an 83 silverado, that shifts at 3500 at WOT when it’s in
drive, but I can shift it at redline when I shift the gears on the column
manually. Give it a shot?
That was the best demonstration that i ahve seen. Thanks.
A good video for the most part.. but if you left the trouble light on…
we’d see better what you were doing. When you DID turn the light on… I
was thinking “FINALLY, we can see what you were up to… but your routinely
shut it off, again leaving us in the dark. Maybe try another video with
that trouble light on all the time. Ric.
question i have a 1993 caprice with a 5.0,do u think i have to pull my
engine out to change distributor?and intake manifold
@Tylek101 remove all your spark plugs and run a compression test on all the
cylinders. give the plugs a good inspection while they are out.
Just installed an HEI on my 85 K5 Blazer and it went exactly as you said,
results were perfect. Removing the stock GM distributor and ditching the
ECM has made the engine perform like never before, Thanks so much.
in my carbed 350 chevy, the ignition has a small rubber hose connected to
the vacuum canister, but its not connected to the other end… where is it
supposed to go?
hell yea fries got done soon as u were ding the dryer went off ha ha ha
sweet vid man
Slick a very good demonstration how to synchronize the dizzy.
Some people make this look so hard but with you and this video I was able
to fix my car in the middle of the night
nice video.btw i have a 350 engine on my 87 chevy caprice but my problem is
that the rpm goes to 5500 on N but it wont pass 4000 on any gear…so i
changed the carb (and its ccc q jet) and set the timing… and i changed
the computer module and its the same.btw the scanner marks that the
barometric sensor circuit is broken and so the mc solenoid?? please help me
bot this and 10x
i need some help… my chevy 350 carbed engine has no spark at all… the
entire ignition is in pristine condition (the engine hasnt been started in
6 years,) im getting power to the whole truck, (driving lights and all) the
engine turns over… but i cant get any spark… the thing is, when i turn
it over, the engine turns very slowly… im not that good of a mechanic,
any help please??? the carb is a rochester Q-jet
rochester Q-jet
Great video……..and on perfect timing with the dryer
I hadn’t done my timing since I bought my Nova. I couldn’t quite remember
how to do timing from scratch. I bought a new block got it bored and
strokes and watched this video to do my timing. Perfect help thanks for
putting this up.
Hahaa why do u keep turning the light off and on? Leave it on so we can see!