Ok. I think we will start with looking at the timing. I woke up last night remembering that I had dropped the oil pump to compare with the oil pump I had mistakenly disassembled. I'm thinking that when I put it back, I must have turned the distributor enough to throw it all out of whack. Is that possible? Likely?
I guess I "could" use gas instead of starting fluid, but then there would be less "excitement"....