Distributor Install Gone Wrong (???)

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ILikeMy240sx
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Joined: Fri May 28, 2004 2:49 pm
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I also posted this in the Technical section but I wanted to get more opinion.

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


510SX
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Joined: Sun Feb 22, 2004 7:59 pm

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Lossen the distributor mounting bolts, turn it slowly left and right, and have someone crank the engine. If the engine starts while your are turning the dist, and start backfirng, most likely your distributor is one teeth off.

This happened to me before. By looking at the ignition rotor, you can't really tell you are off.

ILikeMy240sx
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Joined: Fri May 28, 2004 2:49 pm
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Thanx for the reply!

Shouldnt my car start if Im sort of close to what it should be?

Is there a way to know that your distributor is in its perfect position (not off by any teeth)

ILikeMy240sx
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Joined: Fri May 28, 2004 2:49 pm
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I figured out what the problem is..... Im a retard. I put the spark plug wires in wrong order DOH!


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