Helps. Can't get timing to cylinder 1 tdc on distributor

[whytry]

hello, I did a motor swap and in process did intake manifold gaskets and new mpfi as well. So that meant pulling the dist. I thought I had it marked properly put it in and now car won't start. I turned motor to #1 tdc pulled cap off rotor and its pointing here. Which is not at 1 or 6.... from what I can tell there isn't enough adjustment on dist cap to be able to adjust it accordingly. It hit the intake manifold. It pops thru intake now. Any advice is appreciated.

See what I mean it's pointed at closer to 8 than anything.

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[BIG_KID]

Can you pull it out and point it towards #1

 

[whytry]

From what it seems no. It doesn't sit all the way down. I'll try again

 

[east302]

If I remember right, that hold down screw tab will nearly hit the intake when the CMP retard is set correctly. Here's the factory procedure for stabbing the distributor:

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[BIG_KID]

From what it seems no. It doesn't sit all the way down. I'll try again

Must not be lined up with the oil pump drive shaft

 

[89RCLB]

Must not be lined up with the oil pump drive shaft

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[whytry]

You guys rock! Thank you so much for that!! Got it running, but it definitely doesn't have any balls right away. Do I need to drive it for it to learn or do I still need to do more? It will free rev pretty good but driving under load it is really sluggish... tips?

 

[east302]

The MPFI swap on mine was immediately noticeable. Did you set the CMP retard/offset? Are you getting any trouble codes?


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[whytry]

i haven't done anything besides get it running and started and went for a short drive around the block and that's when I noticed the sluggish side.

Just ran codes and I got this

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[whytry]

Both of the codes are same. Just top right where it says 1/2 the next code is same but shows 2/2