Trent Diekhoff
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I am working on a 1932 Buick 57s for my friend that ownes the car . I am reassembling the engine now and I need some help with timing instructions, cam to crank and also correctly installing the distributor . Can anyone help .
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Seems like you need one of these,
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Engine would be a straight 8 cylinder? I'm guessing it has a chain and timing gears? Not sure about setting that up. Probably the same as later engines. Crank gear and cam gear have marks that should face each other with #1 cylinder at TDC?
Distributor would be easier. You want spark on compression stroke. Remove #1 spark plug. cover the hole with your thumb and slowly bump the engine over until you feel compression. Rotate engine a bit more to line up timing marks and install the distributor so that the rotor is pointing at #1 plug tower of distributor cap.
1932 Buick Shop Manual
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Engine would be a straight 8 cylinder? I'm guessing it has a chain and timing gears? Not sure about setting that up. Probably the same as later engines. Crank gear and cam gear have marks that should face each other with #1 cylinder at TDC?
Distributor would be easier. You want spark on compression stroke. Remove #1 spark plug. cover the hole with your thumb and slowly bump the engine over until you feel compression. Rotate engine a bit more to line up timing marks and install the distributor so that the rotor is pointing at #1 plug tower of distributor cap.
Trent Diekhoff
Newbie
The engine is a 230 cig straight 8Seems like you need one of these,
1932 Buick Shop Manual
The 1932 Buick Shop Manual is a NEW licensed Buick reprint. Detailed service & diagnostic steps with hundreds of diagrams. Free Shipping. Best Service.
Engine would be a straight 8 cylinder? I'm guessing it has a chain and timing gears? Not sure about setting that up. Probably the same as later engines. Crank gear and cam gear have marks that should face each other with #1 cylinder at TDC?
Distributor would be easier. You want spark on compression stroke. Remove #1 spark plug. cover the hole with your thumb and slowly bump the engine over until you feel compression. Rotate engine a bit more to line up timing marks and install the distributor so that the rotor is pointing at #1 plug tower of distributor cap.
There is no timing chain just gear
I lined up both marks on the crank gear and cam gear with each other but the piston on number 1 is about an 1 inch down from the top . Thanks for your help I’ll look into this link
Here is the valve timing chart from the '31 Shop Manual. I had the '31 and '33, but not the '32. These don't indicate how to install the timing gears. The '33 version is posted on line here for reference:
Surprisingly there are a lot of small differences among these years.
Also attached are the '31-32 pages from a '33 Chilton's flat rate manual showing a procedure for checking the valve timing using a feeler gage on a tappet and the timing mark on the flywheel. The timing mark is in a slightly different place on the '32 vs. '31. The '32 instructions are incomplete, but should be the same as the '31 except for timing mark position and flywheel tooth count.
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Surprisingly there are a lot of small differences among these years.
Also attached are the '31-32 pages from a '33 Chilton's flat rate manual showing a procedure for checking the valve timing using a feeler gage on a tappet and the timing mark on the flywheel. The timing mark is in a slightly different place on the '32 vs. '31. The '32 instructions are incomplete, but should be the same as the '31 except for timing mark position and flywheel tooth count.
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