87 GL 1.8 carb-won't start after new distr

[Kennewick Subar]

Can anyone help? 87 GL wont start after re-man distributor install. Compression at number one cyl and set TDC to 0. Pulled dist out thinking a tooth off, and still wont start. Have spark at coils and plug wires.Rotor also pointing at number one plug? Two days working on this?

 

Thanks, Titan

[The Beast I Drive]

does it crank faster than it should? you might have a broken timing belt, or the belt may have jumped a tooth. Are you sure you have the wires on the right plugs? are you positive you had it set at 0 tdc on compression? If its at 0 tdc on the exhaust stroke it wont work.

-Bill

[Frank B]

it is possible that your 180 degrees out. Lift the disty and rotate 180 and drop it back in. If not, try lifting the disty and rotating the engine untill the next tdc mark and #1 cylinder at tdc and drop it back in.

[88RxTuner]

Just for future reference, if all you are doing is changing the dizzy, mark where the retaining bolts are, and where the rotor is pointing on the housing. Transfer those marks to the new dizzy, and install exactly the way it came out. This should prevent a mis-timing episode providing you do NOT turn the engine while changing the dizzy.

 

I would re-verify that you have TDC on the COMPRESSION stroke, DOUBLE CHECK YOUR FIRING ORDER... if you have it backwards or even off one position, it wont fire.

 

Good call to check the timing belts, but the fact that he HAS spark at the wires indicates that the dizzy is turning and presumably the belts are intact at the time at least the l/s one, as well as the coil is functioning correctly and the rest of the ignition system.

I think a wrong timing event is at fault here.

 

Hope this helps!!

88RxTuner

 

EDIT: I'm assuming a new cap and rotor, and that all the wires were off at the same time?