[urq] Finally re-assembled engine and car...won't start

[Steve Eiche]

Thatcher,
Don't worry about the mark on the front crank pulley.  They are notoriously inaccurate.  

The three things that MUST line up for the car to start are:  0 mark on flywheel with the notch in the bell housing (sounds like you got that), the divot in the cam sprocket with the top of the valve cover on the left side (check?), AND the timing marks in the distributor (I didn't see you reference this).  They must be lined up precisely, or it cannot start.  To check the distributor, pull the cap, rotor and plastic cover over the "shutter wheel".  You will see a line on this that must line up with the notch in the distributor body when the engine is at TDC.

Bet you $5 it is your distributor timing...

HTH!

Steve


Okay, I think I know which one you're talking about, I thought it
might be a ground strap, but now that I think about it, why would a
ground strap be insulated.  It's a thick, black wire on my car.

When I was putting the timing belt back on the car, I was using three
indicators for TDC: the divot in the cam wheel, the notch in the crank
pulley and the '0' on the flywheel that's visible through the little
window on the bellhousing.  The would not all line up, I spent a
couple hours trying to get them to.  When I took the car apart I had
noticed that was the case, so I ended up setting it the way it was
when I took the car apart.  What I ended up with was the '0' and the
notch on the crank being where the ought to be and the divot on the
cam pulley being past the TDC mark.

Should I be able to put a multi-meter on the TDC sensor and get some
sort of signal to assure that I've got that part of the equation
right?