[ford428]

crank engine around with wrench to 36 degrees total, the pointer is then pointing to the 36 degree mark on your harmonic balancer, this is then a static full advance position....then go to number one terminal on dist. cap..mark its C-C down the side of the base so u have a reference point when u remove the cap...a lot of times the dist is installed on tooth away and when the centrifigal advance goes to full the rotor is too far away from correct terminal to fire...