Timing Chain Replacement Question

Mopar King said

Charrlie_S : when I turn the BIG crank gear to put the points together in the middle the rotor will be pointing to #6 but when I turn the big gear to #1 it will be pointing at 10 oclock.


I didn't put the timing chain on because I didn't want to disrupt or move the small cam gear which I already set at TDC before I took everything apart.

So from what everyone was telling me, the way I have it now both points pointing to 10 oclock and rotor pointing to #1 is good and ready to close and go? no need to move the dis. ?

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First off, lets get the terminolagy (sp) correct. The big gear is the CAM gear. The small gear is the CRANK gear. OK? Next, if the distributer was not removed, leave it alone. Now line up the dots on the crank and cam gear so they point at each other. Install the chain with the gears positioned like that. Now, without moving anything, see if the distributor rotor points to where the number 6 plug wire is located. If yes, button everything up. If the distributor was removed, install it now, with the rotor pointing toward the #6 plug wire location. When replaceing a timing chain, it is not necessary to disturb the distributor, untill the engine is running, then it might need tweaking to get the timing set.