Pertronix I - no start (new) on 460, video w/voltage

[BobCT]

ok, I got it running! Not well, but BACK to where I was six weeks ago. When I pulled the distributor to check the timing chain, I reinstalled it out 180 degrees. The piston was at the top of the stroke but exhaust, not compression. I still need to adj carb, prob have some vac leaks and timing.

Now, with my vac gauge connected, I need to rotate the distributor a little more but I'm out of room. Should I have reinstalled it with the vac advance pod in the middle so I have full travel in both directions?

I'll play around with this tomorrow. I think I'll run it with points for now, I'm sure the Pertronix module will work if I reinstall it. Thanks for all the many replies to keep me hammering away at!

Bob

[Lee]

It happens

You may still be off a tooth. There should be plenty of room to rotate the body in either direction.

[TonyC]

Good job, Bob. I concur with Lee. You'll still need to pull the distributor again but not completely out, only enough to free the gear from the camshaft and twist the shaft one tooth forward or backward, depending on what direction you were going when the shell stopped. It's the distributor shaft, not the shell, that needs to be adjusted (remember, the shaft spins on its own). Before you do that, turn the engine to compression-TDC, so you don't lose your place; now that you have the distributor in the correct general alignment, it should be easy to know now when you are at compression-TDC.

---Tony

[Emas9420]

ok, I got it running! Not well, but BACK to where I was six weeks ago. When I pulled the distributor to check the timing chain, I reinstalled it out 180 degrees. The piston was at the top of the stroke but exhaust, not compression. I still need to adj carb, prob have some vac leaks and timing.

Now, with my vac gauge connected, I need to rotate the distributor a little more but I'm out of room. Should I have reinstalled it with the vac advance pod in the middle so I have full travel in both directions?

I'll play around with this tomorrow. I think I'll run it with points for now, I'm sure the Pertronix module will work if I reinstall it. Thanks for all the many replies to keep me hammering away at!

Bob

Awesome! Yeah the whole thing sounded like a distributor issue/timing from the beginning. You are a tooth off.. happened to me, figure out if you need the distributor clockwise or counter cw and slightly lift it until you feel the gears are not touching, then spin a bit and push down so it only moves over a tooth.. at this point, the distributor will NOT go in, don’t force it.. just spin the crankshaft with a breaker bar slightly while pushing down on the distributor.. it will fall down in place.. now you should be on the correct tooth.. you need to spin the engine by hand or that tooth will not engage. After that, your vacuum advance should be somewhat in the middle and you should have enough travel In Either direction

[1Bad55Chevy]

This is all WAY to complicated.... I would suggest buying this turn key and bolting it into your car.
https://jonkaaseracingengines.com/shop/ ... boss-nine/

It comes with the timing preset ready to roll!

[Lee]

With gas prices the way they are….!?

[TonyC]

At $23.5g's, plus the headache of yanking the old engine out to make room for the new one...and hope it doesn't cause seating problems in the engine bay?

No, fixing the alignment of the distributor is easier.

---Tony