68 dart 318 troubleshooting challenge

homecloned said

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.

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I'll try anything! the only reason I have not done that yet is because If I turn the rotor 180 degrees inside the dist housing, it will point away from plug wire #1.... I moved the plug wires from old cap to new cap one at a time to make sure they stayed in the same place. the metal contact at the end of the rotor should point at the metal contact inside the dist cap, right?

I'll try it... I'll try painting the whole car purple and smearing it with ice cream if there is a chance it will run again.