# help with setting timing on a f250 351

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**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [December 5, 2006, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-setting-timing-on-a-f250-351/186617 "2006-12-05T12:23:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-setting-timing-on-a-f250-351/186617/24 "2006-12-06T21:55:25Z")

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> [@What Should It Be??](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-should-it-be/26269/64):
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> Ok simple. Don’t do the 50/50 chance bullshit. Take #1 plug out. Stick your finger in the spark plug hole. Crank the engine untill you feel/hear compression under you finger. You can crank the engine by hand or bump the starter. Then line 0 up with you timing mark. You are now #1 TDC compression. Now you can go ahead and replace your dist.

Perfect! Aand if u don’t want to put ur finger in #1 to see if it is TDC then u can always take a zip tie n see where ur at(DONT DROP IT IN THOUGH!). Then after that if it still runs like shit atleast u know it is not ur problem

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