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Old 03-09-2004, 08:15 PM   #11
oldsub86
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Check your distributor timing. Make sure cylinder #1 is coming up on compression stroke - you should be able to tell if you pull the plug and put your finger over the hole while cranking the engine over - slowly now. When you are sure that cylinder #1 is coming up on the compression stroke - stop the cranking and check to see if the rotor points to the spot on the cap where you have the wire for plug #1. If not, then you have the distributor in out of whack or the wires on it in the wrong spot. There is no specific #1 spot on the cap - ie you could move all of the wires one spot to the left or right so long as you move them all in sequence.
It is important that the right cylinder is trying to fire on the right stroke however.
This should get you close enough to time the engine and get it running if there is spark now.
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