I know the firing order of the 36 flathead six. What I cannot find is a picture of where No. 1 is located on the distributor. I also know if it has jumped time ect. there will be issues. Im trying to help a friend out without seeing the car ect. Just a starting point. The old Motor or Chilton books used to show this but I cannot find mine. Thanks in advance.
This pic is from a '40 Chrysler Shop Manual. Chrysler didn't change much throughout their product line for decades. Can't imagine these engines "jumping time" gatz
In the head there is a small pipe plug over the #6 cylinder. If you remove the plug you can drop a screwdriver down on the piston and see it rise and fall as you turn the engine by hand. This allows you to find top dead center. #1 and #6 rise and fall together. You can tell which is on compression by the *woosh* of air out the plug hole. When the piston is at TDC and #1 is on compression the rotor is pointing to #1 firing position. By checking this way there is NO mistake about it. Timing marks can be wrong but this method is fool proof.
Thanks for your replies. This is what I needed. I'm not around the car yet so I can relay this. Once again many thanks.