Fixing timing!!

[pshepard327ci]

ok, so i went ahead and checked the timing by puting finger in plug#1 and turned motor till compression, and then looked at ditributor rotor and it was pointing pretty close to the #1 plug wire. then i checked the timing thing on the block and it is at the number 20, now im not sure where this motor is from but there is a marking on the balancer pulley and that is what is at 20 on timing tab. isnt this supposed to be at zero at tdc on cylinder one. thnaks in advance for helping. feel like im getting closer to the problem.

[Mike kZ]

You should be at 0 dgrees if you are at TDC. Stick a stiff wire in cylinder 1 plug hole and turn engine with the crank bolt until the wire stops moving, just before it starts to go down again. You should be very close to TDC.

It could be someone changed pointers, or cam cover at some point, and what you have is not for that year engine. Get yourself a timing tape for the size damper you have and stick it on so the pointer is at 0.

[80LS1T]

Or if you have a dampner with the rubber ring in the center, the outter ring could have broken loose and spun off 20*.

 

 

Guy

[pshepard327ci]

ok, so i figured out the timing problem, now when i attempt to start it, it starts for sec or two and then dies. if i let the fuel pump run for about 5 sec before i start again it will run for a little longer, but if i imediatly try to restart it will barely turn over for about half a second. is this most probably fuel pressure, if so is the pump the only reason for this, or could it be something else. i dont have intake hooked up at all but the afm is plugged in, and the o2 sensor and downpipe are off the car not plugged in, im just trying to get it to idle.