xtturbo

cap and rotor are the only things i didnt replace

xtturbo

that it's not shorted to ground within the dizzy.

what does that mean?..the dizzy?

Low_5.0

check to make sure all your ground wires are good...also check your cap and rotor make sure it is in good condition...also check your fusable links

xtturbo

thanks for your reply..it must of been my cap or rotor..i have spark....but now i have another problem..my buddy pulled my dist. out...now i cant get it back in to fire..it pops thru the carb...how do i get it back too top dead center?

RabidSmurf

Pull the sparkplug from the number 1 cylinder, put your thumb over the hole and turn the motor over by hand until you feel pressure, then you can guage when the piston is at tdc by sticking something in there and feeling when the piston gets to the very top. When it starts to go back down then back it off a bit so it's TDC. You'll probably have to get a timing gun after you get it running again to make sure your timing is good.

xtturbo

ok..i have done that a million times...i point my rotor too #1 on the cap...but alls it does is back fire thru the carb..

RabidSmurf

Maybe you are 180 out, the #1 on the dstributer cap should be pointing almost straight back. It's also important to remember that the piston comes up twice in one cycle.. if your on the exhaust stroke and you set that as your TDC then it will definately be out. But if your positive you set your tdc on the compression stroke and our #1 on the distributer cap is pointing almost straight back, it should fire up it might run bad cuz the timing will probably be off, but it should atleast fire up.

If not maybe your plug wires are in the wrong spots.

promustanperformance

Sounds like it's time for some Ford parts :-)

RabidSmurf

oh ya, forgot he had a GM distributer, get rid of that crap and get yourself a ford distributer.

promustanperformance

Hey that doesn't happen to be a Proform distributor does it?