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Originally Posted by quentin hill
No sir it has about a 1000 miles on the motor and then just stopped, I thought it was a carb issues so I had it rebuilt and then it still wouldn't start not even with ether. The rotor to # 1 piston relation is correct
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Remember it could still be 180 degrees out unless you actually checked that you're on the compression stroke. It'll line up on the 0 mark twice each distributor rotation, and only one of those is correct.
Just to put it another way: you can have the timing mark at 0 on the balancer, rotor pointing at post #1, and STILL be 180F out. That's why you have to remove a plug, rotate the motor with your finger over (not in) the spark plug hole, and wait for compression to build behind your finger. Then advance the little bit left to line it up at 0, and THAT is top dead center.