:mad: Street Fire HEI Dist. PN 8362. Plugs brand new AC Delco's, 383 Stroker and Comp Cams CCA-CL 12-213-3, stock starter I had to fix a loose rocker arm and now it wont fire.

I turned the motor until it was at TDC and verified both valves on #1 were closed had to turn the oil pump with screwdriver slightly to align the rotor up with #1 and then installed it. I then put the cap on and connected the #1 wire up to the post that was going to be hit closest, then I connected the rest. I then connected the 3 wire clip from the base to the cap, the tach wire and the +12v source.



Symptoms: First - I had adjusted the rocker arms to tight so no compression but now I loosened them up and slapped myself.
Second - It turns over normal sounding except not a hint of a fire.
Third - I pulled #1 spark plug turned off the lights and set it up on the fender on a piece of rubber, it sparked blue but I noticed it had another spark on it coming through the heat protector to the hinge.
Fourth - Put some starting fluid in the carb and no fire.
Fifth - Checked #1 and #8 plugs to see if they are wet and dry as a bone.
Sixth - Checked fuel flow and it was good.
Seventh - Put in dist 180 degrees off and still nothing......

GERRRRRRR:clonk:

Lance,
Make sure you are on the compression stroke and not the Exhaust stroke. Pull the #1 plug and use your finger or compression gauge while you bump the motor. While your doing that leave the cap off the dist so you can insure that its turning and the direction its turning. Once you have the compression stroke bring the timing mark up to between 10 and 20 deg. Put the cap on and make #1 right above where the rotor is pointing and put the rest of the wires on form there. If everything else is right it should fire up. Hope this helps..

My neighbor (a ford guy) came and helped me do exactly as you said and we put it all back together and BLAM!!! Backfire... scared the living crap out of my neighbor! Awesome! Anyways it was perfect because we knew we were 180 degrees out so we flipped it around and tried again and it started right away! I just don't understand how I screewed it up! Thanks!:beers: