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Originally Posted by BadBradokc
Get a manual. rotate your timing belt to tdc. check your marks. then your distributor should be at #1 mark on base of distributor. Also check tdc on the flywheel, porthole. If your tb is loose could have jumped. Also be FORWORNED, that if you tb has jumped time, you may have belt your valves or destoyed your engine. As it is an INTERFERENCE engine. Hope this helps...
Brad
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I have a manual.
I did rotate to TDC.
Marks matched. Flywheel marks were the same here. But when looking at the rotor, it was out by 90 degrees to the Cyl 1 mark on the distibutor.
I replaced the head gasket in February and made sure the timing marks were lined up. I did not have to mess with the Dist at that time. Car has run well since.
Car died on the highway > took it to this shop as I had no time > I replaced the coil as the mech couldnt find what was wrong, asked him to do an oil change then give the car back.
This is when we realized the oil cap was left off, he overfilled, and the dist cap was loose as well as the tb cover.
So back to my dist that was out by 90 degrees. Any idea why this was and how it was running before? And how I am to get it running again? I might have to get it to another shop later today if I can't find a sound solution.
BTW, the manual simply tells you to mark the dist as you remove it, no info on setting it up from scratch.