1974 D300 360 fresh rebuild will not start

George Jets said
Poor PlantJesus is really confused now with all these different pictures and theories from everyone.

Now that it is properly in time, you drop in your distributor here so that the rotor points to the #1 spark plug wire and lock it down.

OK Cam timed, and distributor is timed. Now to deal with low compression.

Always want to have the choke pinned open and throttle plates open when doing your compression check so it can get the proper air into the cylinders for the test.

Pull coil wire out of distributor and ground it so the car will not start during compression test.

More on low commpression causes, on the next post if compression test yields low.

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You got that right!!! :P I do really appreciate everything, from everyone. Even when it's confusing. As a knowledge seeking mind, I like seeing the different ways people solve the problem presented.

I'm now confident I have the timing right... My choke is just disabled at this point; since I put the edelbrock intake and 4 barrel on it, (pre rebuild) I haven't had to choke it even when it's down to 15F. I'll make sure to open the throttle plates tho on the next compression test.

Got waylaid sealing together the poly for a water feature, and then... There's never enough to deal with at once :P ... My parents, while traveling to North Carolina to visit my new nephew got their fifth wheel (permanent home) broken into and robbed while getting serviced a few hours ago.

I'll try and finish up cleaning the gasket surfaces tomorrow after work, in between sending this months bills to clients :/