just rebuilt runs bad
is it possible to get the reluctor/ star wheel in wrong?
Not possible "unless" they jacked with it but i doubt it, Now that i'm thinking back, i had the same problem, it was a polarity issue, I'm thinking i had the dist. wires crossed, Now this was running an MSD box with a MP distributor, I couldn't time it for sh*t, had to clip the 2 wire plug to wire it up to the MSD, I accidently crossed the wires, The timing was way advanced before it would run right, freaked me out, Now in reality the timing was right when i got it running good, just didn't read right, Its very possible it was crossed on the coil too, its been awhile back so my memory is fuzzy, But i know it was a crossed wire & polarity issue.
The dist. you have is a Magnetic Pickup, here is the diagram, Its simple, just double check the wiring.
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=msd+...nw=217&start=117&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:117
6tfo, When you install the point dist., don't hook it up through the MSD, Just run it by itself, hook the large brown factory wire from the fire wall to the + on the coil, then the black wire from the dist. hook to the - side of the coil, Now on this dist. definitly hook up the vacuum advance, timed port should be fine, direct port it'll bring the timing up a good 10-12 deg*, If your able to time it propperly, then its either in the MSD box or the polarity's off.