Electronic ignition issue

Thanks 67 for this info I will give things a good look tomorrow. Not sure about the cam sprocket as the history on this car is zero . This is one of those cars you likely were told to run from and fast...haha.This engine has been apart and back together.Thought about a chain slip but when I got tdc and rotor looking correct I kind of tossed that aside but now maybe we need to revisit that thought. I was hoping to just keep the car running for the summer and try to figure out whether or not I need to rebuild the engine.Seeing now maybe we need to really look at the power plant harder than just saying it runs and we don't require a rebuild ....Yet. Pretty much now thinking I may need to do a power train rebuild front to back and then we will know we have a dependable runner. Our plan is to hopefully blow it apart this October and rebuild the car over the 18 month period. Thanks again for the info,Jeff
I seen erratic timing when cranking and idle from a loose timing chain. Easy check is with the dist cap off and turn crank by hand or with a break over bar. Turn crank till rotor is turning then, turn crank backwards and see how much you can turn the crank till the rotor starts to turn again. How much you turn the crank till rotor turns is how much slack the chain has. If alot of slack that explains why you had to turn the dist so far to get it to run.