Question regarding T.D.C.

[madmatt54]

One thing to add. We always pull the valve cover and look at the rockers on the #1 cylinder. At TDC both rockers should be up so both valves are closed. You should be able to spin the pushrods. If one valve or the other is opened, either you are 180* off, or your timing mark has moved.

[RWilliams]

Following up on the suggestions I received, I was finally able to get fire to the plugs. My wife was cranking the engine while I checked for spark. I was getting spark at the plugs, but the engine still would not crank.

I'm getting gas to the carbuerator, so not sure why it won't crank. I attached an image of the coil wiring, just as it was before I took everything apart about 1 1/2 years ago.


While we were " cranking " on it, the ignition switch locked up, so I'm down for a few days until I get a replacement.

I wanted to post these images to see if anyone detected anything that looked wrong!

Thanks for any feedback.

[low900rr]

with the #1 plug out have someone crank the motor while your finger is over the plug hole. Have a plug in the #1 wire and see if that plug sparks when your finger is popped off the plug hole which would be the compression stroke.