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#1344703 02/02/2020 8:37 PM
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Pulled distributor on my '54 235 to replace a suspect vacuum advance. I believe I got it back in correctly but, now engine will not fire at all.

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Pull the #1 spark plug, and hold your thumb over the hole while someone makes quick taps on the starter pedal. When compression pops past your thumb, check to see if the distributor rotor is pointing toward the #1 plug wire. You might have gotten the distributor installed 1/2 turn out of phase with the camshaft.
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Turns out that coil went bad just at the wrong time!

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Or at the Right time....not on a road trip...


1950 Chevy 3100

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