Distributor Install Gone Wrong (???)

[ILikeMy240sx]

So today the weather was a bit nice so I decided to take the upper timing chain guides off. So, I removed the distributor and the camshaft sprocket cover then removed the guides and installed everything back in. I thought I installed the distributor correctly but when I tried to start the car this is what happens...

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~taesoo/MVI_2314.AVI

Sometime it would crank for a sec then boom that happens...

Am I off by a tooth or something? I thought the car would atleast start if Im just a little bit off... Did I miss something else? Please help.

This is what it looked like BEFORE I started taking everything off. This was at TDC @ #1 cylinder. I positioned the distributor just like the picture but... arg
Modified by ILikeMy240sx at 7:12 PM 3/4/2005

[deathkeeper]

Your valve timing is correct, and it looks like your ignition timing is close enough for the car to start. You may be off a tooth, pull it back out and move it either one tooth ahead or backwards. Once you get it to start, let it warm up and then set the timing properly with a timing light. You will never get the timing set perfectly without using a light.

[ILikeMy240sx]

Thanx for the reply... I hope its just the dist problem.. Does the car sound like theres something else wrong with it?

BTW, those pictures are BEFORE I starte taking everything off. I tried to install the distributor according the pictures I took but... ??

[ILikeMy240sx]

I figured out what the problem is..... Im a retard. I put the spark plug wires in wrong order DOH!

[BadMojo]

I figured out what the problem is..... Im a retard. I put the spark plug wires in wrong order DOH!

LOL...that'll definitely do it! That and installing the distributor 180 degrees the wrong way seem pretty common. Glad you got it working and it was nothing serious. Do you have any more timing chain noise?

[ILikeMy240sx]

Nope no more timing rattle... Im glad I got it over with.

zerothread?id=105618

is a link to my write-up with lots of pictures.