h1992 ka24de timing issues started before i worked on it and now wont....timing?

[240freak19]

Ok i bought a 1992 240sx hatch back tha dude said that he put a new timing chain in tha motor but when he got done it wldnt start...so i bought it i knew it was timing it was back firing and shooting flames just wouldnt crank so i pulled the valve cover and front upper plate and noticed tha gear was loose the bolt had stripped out and wigled loose so the gear wasnt making contact with the distributor splines at all so i removed tha gear but did not take the bottom end plate off that covers the crank gear i just kept the chain tight so it wldnt slip and helicioled the hole and bought a newbolt and placed the gear back on the front of the head lined it up with the chain mark and then turned the motor to TDC then turned the cams to their propure timing alignment with the chain off the cams then lined the marks up and put the cam chain back on and set the distributor back pointing at the first cylinder and now it wont start idk what i should do it started when i messed around with it before i took it apart it didnt run great but it ran it was boggin and back firing but now wont start at ALL someone please help me i need this car so bad so please help...

thanks for any advice it wld be very much aprieciated thank you for your time, adam...

[240freak19]

Ok i bought a 1992 240sx hatch back tha dude said that he put a new timing chain in tha motor but when he got done it wldnt start...so i bought it i knew it was timing it was back firing and shooting flames just wouldnt crank so i pulled the valve cover and front upper plate and noticed tha gear was loose the bolt had stripped out and wigled loose so the gear wasnt making contact with the distributor splines at all so i removed tha gear but did not take the bottom end plate off that covers the crank gear i just kept the chain tight so it wldnt slip and helicioled the hole and bought a newbolt and placed the gear back on the front of the head lined it up with the chain mark and then turned the motor to TDC then turned the cams to their propure timing alignment with the chain off the cams then lined the marks up and put the cam chain back on and set the distributor back pointing at the first cylinder and now it wont start idk what i should do it started when i messed around with it before i took it apart it didnt run great but it ran it was boggin and back firing but now wont start at ALL someone please help me i need this car so bad so please help...

thanks for any advice it wld be very much aprieciated thank you for your time, adam...

well i figured it out and got the car running it only took 3 hours...lol but i got 1 little problem its a ghetto rig i had to turn the distributor completly uplside down i pulled it out and turn the whole thing 180 degrees so the mounting brackets dont even bolt to the head but it runs fine...im lost idk what to do im new to this mechanic thing so masters of mechanics can you tell me whats wrong y does the car run fine with the distributor upside down but wont even run when put in the right way plz plz plz get back to me...

[Rucca]

Because when you put it back "the right way" you are actually putting it back the wrong way.

When you are finding TDC, you are finding TDC on the exhaust stroke instead of TDC on compression. Solution? Well, for you, you can spin the car to TDC when the distributor points to cylinder 1 it'll be TDC compression. Now, remove the distributor, point and reinstall it pointing at cylinder 1 with the bolt hole lined up.

[240freak19]

Because when you put it back "the right way" you are actually putting it back the wrong way.

When you are finding TDC, you are finding TDC on the exhaust stroke instead of TDC on compression. Solution? Well, for you, you can spin the car to TDC when the distributor points to cylinder 1 it'll be TDC compression. Now, remove the distributor, point and reinstall it pointing at cylinder 1 with the bolt hole lined up.

man this is complicated ok i tryed to do that but it wont even run mayb im not on the compression stroke how do i know if i am at TDC on the compression stroke???now my car wont start its almost there but not quite therenough to crank...what do i do?

[240freak19]

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man this is complicated ok i tryed to do that but it wont even run mayb im not on the compression stroke how do i know if i am at TDC on the compression stroke???now my car wont start its almost there but not quite therenough to crank...what do i do?

ok i got the compression stroke right and TDC and distributor set perfect and fired up perfect but reved up and motor started shaking like hitting a rev limiter at 3000 rpms and found water in the oil whats going on plz help im thinkin the head is worped or blown head gasket idk why would i be losing so much power??? its total