Re: Back to square 1

[Jimmy Peavy <peaver63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 But is the distributor at #1 when the #1 piston is at TDC?
Take the plug out at the number #1 cylinder.
While holding your finger in the vacant hole, bump  the starter over 
until you feel compression pushing against your  finger. That should be 
where  your distributor rotor is pointing out #1.
If it's not, you're at TDC on the harmonic balancer, but not TDC #1 when 
the distributor needs to send spark to #1...
Are you sure you indexed the timing set correctly?
Did you pull the distributor? (you shouldn't have had to, so I doubt that.)


   Jimmy

On 2/12/2011 4:51 PM, Gary H. wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Some of you may remember I was replacing the timing chain on a poly 318. The car died on the way home from a car event last summer. It would turn over and occasionally "pop" through the carb but not run. Acted like the timing chain had jumped. Tow truck time.
>
> I finally got the time and weather to "finish" putting all the parts back on the 318. Sprayed ether in the carb, hit the key and, guess what: no start, no run – EXACTLY the same as before I put the new timing set on. Ack! I pulled the coil wire out of the distributor and spun the motor and have spark. So it appears I have fuel, spark and timing and the same dead boat anchor vehicle. I did look at the timing mark on the crank's harmonic balance and the rotor is pointed to #1 spark plug wire when the mark is 0. Weird.
>
> Any suggestions? Not "call the junkyard to come haul it away" I hope. :-(
>
> Thanks,
> Gary H.


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