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Vrooommmmm got the timing right, the distributor was still out a notch. Runs very well and am so happy. Thanks for everyones help, I am going for a drive.

Well the gear on the camshaft was out a notch. Now it wants to go. charging the battery for a bit and I will try again latter. Thanks for everyones help.

well it fired right up after i rotated the distributor 180. ran for a few seconds and stopped. looking for a mark on the harmonic balancer only found a O stamped on it. when this O is lined up with the guide at TDC, the rotor is not pointing at #1. I have to move the coil to position the...

Really? I did the opposite of this. dot to dot then put the distributor in facing #1. so you think I should rotate 180? The old shop manuals are not that good at expelling this stuff. Thanks i will try this.

Thanks. do you think I did any damage by turning it over with them too tight?

Rebuilt my 66 273 commando and have not got it to run yet and am having a hard time trying to figure this out, any suggestions would be great. I have double checked the following: firing order distributor position spark gas I put hydraulic lifters in it that appeared to be shorter than...

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Is there a left and right cylinder head? they both look the same. There is a number one casted on one of the heads but does not line up with the #1 cylinder, which I assume is the most forward cylinder. On the other cylinder head there is a 4 cast on it. Am i missing something else or does it...

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Where does this thing go on? on which side of the gear? which direction does it go? what is the the purpose of this thing? Sorry for al the dumb questions, I thought when I took this motor apart I would remember how it goes back together or the manual would show everything but it is...

I read through your build thread but did notice what you did for lifters, so what did you use?

They are the old solid adjustable ones.

My block and parts came back from my machine shop. Included in the package is a hydraulic compcam and lifters. I am not opposed to going hydraulic but do I have to change my rocker arms and push rods too? Or can I use the adjustable rockers that I have? Any advise?