1984 almost starts but doesnt
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1984 almost starts but doesnt
Hi so i got a c4 1984 and i changed the head gasket and shaved the heads of .005 and then reajust valves to specs, then put all back on and i tried to put the distributer back to where it was, and then i tried to start it, it feels like it almost want to starts but doesnt. I cant actually know whats the timming, i know its not 180 off because i already tried it, it did not start or make sounds at all, now i tried to put it back where it was with a picture i had, ql my spark plug are in the rigth place, it ran really good before removing heads, start easely, 2 - 3 and it would start. Please help
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Turn the engine over till the balancer points to the zero mark on the timing tab, then pop off the dist. cap, Is the rotor pointing at #1 or 180 off (that depends on which stroke #1 cylinder is at).
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Yeah i was 2 slot off on my ignition coil, so i moved it 2 slots to clockwise to align it with my ingnition cap#1, had to start by putting it on tdc of compresion, when it was at peak, i removed the cap check when the ignion spinning thing was at and it was 2 slots off, it was fireing at 7 when it was supose to fire it 1, now it runs like a charm, timming was set at 8
