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SirDan said
messing with this POS again. plug wires are in order. accell pump works. tried messing with the distributer gear. it was parallel to the cam like the book i had said. the rotor was not pointing to the #1 piston or head bolt or wherever i heard it is supposed to be. it was more parallellish to the cam. tried pointing the gear to the #1 head bolt area and it doesent seem to run like that. guess its supposed to be parallel to the cam? also how can i check that the distributer is advancing?

don't worry about it, as long as the the rotor is lined up with the correct firing cylinder yer good!

check timing at idle then at 3000 rpm if there is a diff, it's advancing.

do you have a dial back light? if not you'll just have to guesstimate by the amount of distance it is away from the mark on the cover.
If you have degree lines on the balancer, use them for reference.