Bextreme04
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- Truck Year
- 1980
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- K25
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- 350-4bbl
Sorry I missed all the trouble. You are correct, if it wouldn't go in at the right spot, you need to get a long screwdriver and turn the oil pump shaft to line up. Once you get it mechanically close enough to fire, you will need to go through and set the timing correctly with a timing light. You have to be as precise as possible with getting it mechanically at 0 or you will have a very hard time getting the timing to set correctly. Just one tooth off can make it so that its too far off to start or that it doesn't have the physical range of motion to get to the proper adjustment.