Bucketlist Blazer -Restomod build 6.6liter L8T

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Throttle fixed but I cannot get the damn thing to fire. I have been installing and reinstalling the distributor all day (starting all over repeatedly)and I cannot seem to get spark. I am going to try one more time today but wait for warmer weather on Monday if I do not get it. May just replace the distributor and wires soon.

Very Very NOT happy.

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Good God almighty....Finally!!
4 months and 5 days and my Blazer is finally running again.
I am placing these notes here for me to remember later.

-DO not forget to mark the distributor before removing it.
-Timing tick is at 12 degrees before TDC so 12 to the left of the zero.
-Distributor should be advanced counter clockwise of center. If there are flames out of the carb, it is retarded too much.
-Distributor rotor points directly at Cylinder 1 spark plug wire.
-Give it at least half throttle and start the motor cold

My issue ended up being a little corrosion on the points Rotor position was slightly off and timing was too low/retarded. I

Tomorrow I will burp the motor and radiator, check/top off the fluids and set total timing advance. After that I can finally take a nice joyride in my beloved!

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Radiator has a hole, Heater core is broken, reverse gear is iffy.

Radiator- I will likely get one from a modern truck in prep for the LT motor swap

Heater core- Fuhgeddaboudit! Winter is almost over and I was going to get vintage air eventually. It is bypassed for now

Reverse gear- I am going to make sure the trans fluid is okay and hopefully it will be good


I drove the blazer around the block though so that is promising.

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Reverse gear is now restored.

Heater core and radiator are all that is left......until something else breaks!

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It was very nice to be able to drive this thing. I dropped my wife off at the chevy dealership for her car, drove around a bit and finally got to enjoy my stereo again. It was perfect weather. I also ordered a top dead center tool and found that my balancer is about 3 degrees off. I reset the timing and took another drive. WOW 👌 What a great time.