Joel 841 Diesel
New User
I am rebuilding a 1958 Ford 841 172ci diesel. I have the crankshaft and pistons in. I noticed that when I roll the engine over (by hand) that the timing marks line up on the crankshaft/cam gears when #1 cylinder is on the exhaust stroke top dead center. It seems to me that if I would have rotated the crankshaft 1 revolution while installing the crankshaft that #1 cylinder would be on the compression stroke top dead center. Am I right? Won't this throw my injection pump timing off? Can I leave the crankshaft as is and compensate by rotating the injection pump drive by 180 degrees?
Thanks. Joel
Thanks. Joel