The timing belt broke in my '94 Accord LX 2.2 earlier this week. I assume that I have valve damage, so I am already in the process of tearing down the top end to remove the cylinder head. I can already see through the exhaust ports that some valves that have pieces of carbon build-up knocked off. Therefore, I have to assume that they had some trauma from potentially hitting a piston. Anyways, I have a question on the distributor rotor position. The rotor is currently pointing at Cylinder No. 1 based on Cylinder No. 1 spark plug wire that connects to the dist cap. However, when I look at the Haynes manual, all of the pictures show that correct distributor rotor position for TDC No. 1 is pointing up slightly toward the firewall. What do you think?

 

just let car run and if it doesnt run rifght, spin the rotor 180 degrees to correct it. but do it your way first