Need timing help for my /6 Options

[Dr Evil]

Hey all,
My ride is sounding like it wants to start, but I need to know some info that I don't have in my book.
Things to check:
-Where should I statically time it?
-What order do the plug wires go on the dizzy?
-What direction does the rotor turn, CW or CCW?

I may have missed something, but I know I have spark and that I have been able to adjust the dizzy so that at least one cylinder was hindered upon ignition. I need to re check my wire4s fro sure, but I am looking for some difinitve info.

Thanks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drunk.gif)

[Dr Evil]

Well today was educational, frustrating and down right angering.

I was finding the TDC of #1 by removing the plug and inserting a long piece of shrink tubing down into the cylinder. It was working better than trying to see the notches on the pully wheel which is a major PITA. I actually used a combo of the two as I could not match the notch up with the seam in the case.

So, I followed what Don said and put the notch and the rotor at the 1/2 way point of the fan strap. This was the best response that I got, but it still was not starting. It would just put a few times, like on one cylinder or something.

So now I am thinking it is not an ignition problem......or not JUST an ignition problem. I may have been later confirmed this suspicion.

Now I notice that the valve cover gasket seal is leaking from two lower bolts. Normally this is not such a big deal, pull and replace......but I am not everybody else. My oil cooler connection is in the way of the valve cover, so I now need to (once again) empty the oil out of my tank and engine so I can get the cover off......not a big deal as I was about to check the valve adjustment anyway. This also required removal of my header.

So I remove my header and to my dimay/surprise I find about a pint of gas sitting in them by way of it getting into my eye (yay).

So, by the looks of things I have/had a stuck injector or the fuel distributor was not working correctly. This engine is a fresh rebuild so the heads are very clean. This made it easy to decide which cylinder was the offending one as #4 was wet and dirty. I cranked my engine over a few times with the header off to see if I could get the fuel to pour out and of course it did not. Now it acts just fine.......but still wont start.

So, I need to at least check to make sure the valves are set as it feels to me that I am getting low compression and that this may be a reason for my no boom boom when I introduce the fuel.


Any ideas?



Here is some back ground:
-2.7 with SC cams fully rebuilt from the block up.
-I fully rebuilt the CIS with new seals and such.