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Great detail cosgig... I found TDC by removing the valve cover to verify the valves were closed and moved the drive gear so the rotor was in the correcty spot. Now that I've timed it runs great across the RPM range and I can punch it when ever I want with no hesitation. Thank again...

No. I put a dowel down the cylinder and twisted the motor by hand until the dowel was at its peak, pushed out as far as it could be. I have once again gotten it to start... I was placing my plug wires on counter-clockwise, duh! Regardless, in it's current configuration, where I believe #1 was...

Okay, I checked it with a dowel - when it very near or at #1 TDC the rotor is pointing toward the passenger side headlight -timing mark shows a few degrees past TDC. At this point if I place #1 plug on the rotor it doesn't want't to start. Before I attempted to put #1 to TDC and match the...

Okay, I tried to find #1 TDC but I'm not sure I'm going about this all right because the car won't start. Is #1 TDC when the timing mark is at 0? Or is it when the rotor points toward the IM bolt? Car doesn't seem to like either configurationm just puffs and groans but won't start now...

Thanks for the quick replies! I got it to start up and it idles like I expected, complete crap. I'll tackle the timing in the morning. Anyone have a link to a good walk through on small block timing? I can't see a timing mark anywhere on my crank pulley, not sure where to look.

Thanks. So if I understand you correctly I don't have to worry about the old rotor and new rotor being in the same position as long as I twist the motor so that #1 is TDC and then re-set my timing from there?

I'm putting a MP electroni ignition kit in my '66 Dart w/ a 273. The directions say to place the new dizzy into the block so that the rotor pickup is pointing the same way as the old point dizzy. It appears to me that the dizzy shaft will only sit in the gear one way and it can only be rotated...