68 dart 318 troubleshooting challenge

180deg. off. Have you even tried it? I know you say you looked at it and its pointing to #1 but the internals must not be where you think they are. I only mention this because I have done the same thing. And agrued with my buddy that it was right. Well he lifted the dist. housing up just enough to turn the rotor 180 deg., bolted it back down and it fired right up. I felt like an idiot.

You right about the timing chain. It would still fire some if off only 1 or 2 teeth.