69 340 problems
Man do I feel for you... I have been there too and it does get almost unbearable.... Hang in there.....
Since this problem started, there has been A LOT of things change so what ever the intial problem was could have got swapped out (like the carb) but now something else is off and thus making this whole problem seem unsolvealbe since you have symptoms of multiple problems......
So... Would you agree that if you are getting gas and spark at the right time, the car should run. It may not run well but should run. With the new carb, you know you are getting gas (you can see it squirt) and while cranking with a plug wire off and grounded, you know you are getting spark. Is there a chance that when you put on the new timing chain that you are 180 degress out? It is really easy to do... When you put in your new distributor when it comes today. MAKE SURE it is close to being in time, at least close enought to start.....
Take out #1 spark plug, put your thumb or finger over the hole and have someone BUMP the starter in until it blows. Once it does this, then rotate your balancer to the timing mark. You are Now DEFINITELY at top dead center. Point your rotor button towards #1 in the cap and drop it in. Now you have to be close. Also make sure that you have the rotation in the cap right to the firing order. The car must run or at least hit if it is getting gas and fire.
Other than that, I would put a fresh set of plugs in... All of that cranking without running may have fouled them. I have done that before in my SB as well.
Good Luck.
Haney-
I removed the drivers side valve cover again, and bumped the motor over until both valves were closed. The timing mark on the balancer is at the zero mark. I pulled the cap off, and the rotor is pointing at #1 on the cap. I know the rotation is clockwise. I verified that all the wires are in the correct order on the cap, and that each wire goes to the correct plug. I removed the plugs from cylinders #2 & 4 and grounded the threads of the plug. I spun the engine over and both are sparking.
When I replaced the timing chain, I rotated the engine until the timing marks lined up. I installed the chain the same way it was removed.
Today I swapped out the rotor just for fun. No difference. It spins over, but no start. I again verified the distributor rotor tip was pointing to #1 while at TDC. I reassembled the car, and it will crank, but no start. Every once in a while it will make a sound like it is trying to start, but it never does.
I just went out to the garage to bump the motor over to TDC again, and now we have another problem. The starter just clicks now. It can't turn the motor over. I removed all 8 plugs, and it still won't turn the engine over. The battery is fully charged.
I put a socket on the crank bolt, and although I can turn the motor over this way, it seems like it is difficult to rotate it. I hope I didn't wash the cylinders down and screw up the engine. The starter is a rebuilt unit I got from Carlisle. It was spinning the motor over quickly until just now.
The parts store just called to say the reman distributor has arrived. Big F'n deal now.
I don't know what else I can do now.
I would say, check the points wire coming out of the dist. to the - side of coil. Mine broke inside the dist. once on a car different car a while back.
Good idea, but I do have spark. I know fuel is getting to the motor because the plugs are wet.
If it has fuel and it has spark, and it sparks at the right time, it should start, but it will now. Now that I am unable to even crank the engine, I am **** out of luck.
I give up. Maybe I should just buy a junkyard 318 and drive the car like that. I an NOT enjoying this car at all.
I HATE this fukin car, and I should have never sold my Corvette.
George