Pulling my hair out!!!

The dist. does not look that far off to me. Re-read my post. Do NOT set the dist up to fire at TDC. IF you have a mild cam you want 5-10BTC. If you have a pretty lopey cam, you want more, 10-15 or so.

You should be able to "static time" the dist so it starts right up. I would seriously suggest you do as I posted and check your timing mark with a piston stop

After you have done that, you can set the timing mark at 10-15, or depending on your cam, and set the reluctor "aligned." IF YOU GET PRACTICED at this, you can do the following:

With the engine sitting at the desired BTC at the marks, and ignition on, and with a spark gap at the coil (your 12V bulb probe) you can turn the dist CW (retard), then move it CCW (advance) PAST the reluctor/ pickup core and IT WILL SPARK. If you go back and forth 3-5 times, "looking" for the "spark point" you can slow down your movement until you get the thing really close.

AT THIS POINT you can forget about timing for the moment, because it should start and run.

DID YOU as I asked before, "spring" the rotor to see if the advance mechanism is OK?

After you have done this, no reason you can not eliminate timing for the moment, and concentrate on fuel. '


LOOK FOR a huge vacuum leak. At this point that's what it just might be.