wsuuwp
Newbie
For background, I have a 95 k1500. I recently replaced head gaskets. When all done, the engine would turn over but not start. I am trying to diagnose it, but I am questioning a decision I made during reassembly and am curious if it could have had an impact.
When I removed the distributor I made sure to mark the location and ensure the engine was in top dead center. After replacing the head gaskets, when I tried to reinstall the distributor, it would not fully sit in the same location. No matter what I tried it would not go in at the location I removed it. Oddly enough, it would fully go in at about 30 degrees clockwise from the original location. This was the only orientation where the distributor would fully seat. I decided to simply just put the distributor in this location, and adjust the distributor cap to the new location at top dead center. My thinking was as long as I was aligning the distributor cap at top dead center for cylineder 1, it would not matter. I am wondering if my logic was flawed. Does it matter if the distributor is not in its orginal location if I adjust the distributor cap so that spark still occurs at top dead center?
When I removed the distributor I made sure to mark the location and ensure the engine was in top dead center. After replacing the head gaskets, when I tried to reinstall the distributor, it would not fully sit in the same location. No matter what I tried it would not go in at the location I removed it. Oddly enough, it would fully go in at about 30 degrees clockwise from the original location. This was the only orientation where the distributor would fully seat. I decided to simply just put the distributor in this location, and adjust the distributor cap to the new location at top dead center. My thinking was as long as I was aligning the distributor cap at top dead center for cylineder 1, it would not matter. I am wondering if my logic was flawed. Does it matter if the distributor is not in its orginal location if I adjust the distributor cap so that spark still occurs at top dead center?