New engine, won't run!

[Damien]

Sorry guys. I thought about what was posted last night while I was at work. If the timing set is off 180* then the dist will be off 180* And as someone said it won't matter. The dist just needs to be turned 180*. I don't know what the hell I was thinking.

Billnorman may be on to something here. The balancer could have the wrong markings, and if that is the case you might want to make sure it has the correct balance for the engine. I believe the 396 is internal and the 454 is external.

The spark plugs probably are not the problem. Even if they did get wet from the wd40, I would think they would be dry after a day of sitting. How are you testing spark? You should use a spark tester. Arcing off a screw driver can give too small of a gap. So there may be enough spark to jump a small gap, but not enough to jump the gap on the spark plug in the cylinder. Do you have a full 12 volts to the coil? Could it be the ignition module?