No spark!!!

Ok, after rebuilding my engine for like... ever, i finally have it all back together. Timing is correct, everything is lined up perfect, new plugs new everything. I have no spark. I have no idea why. Battery is fine, fuses are fine. I am so confused, does anyone have any ideas what could be going on?!?!?!?!?

Thanks in advanced

is the engine turning over, jw. i would check the starter and the distributer.

Ok, i got a new coil, and distributer rotar and that solved the spark issue. Now, we cant get it to start. I think i might have flooded the cyldrs trying to start it, is that a possiblity? i have no idea why it wont start, but at least i have spark, lol. Any advice would be amazing!!!!!

i would check all connections. might take some time though. gl to you.

i had a similar problem to your first post. i thought it was an alterator problem. i had no spark at all. come to find out i had a battery terminal disconected.

Ok i think the distributer might be off by 180. i am going to adjust that and see what happens! YES GO ME! haha

i hope that helps. gl to you.

Did you check the plug wires to make sure they are put on in the correct order?

I think they are in the correct order. the fireing order is 1-3-4-2 right? or am i off?

i thought it was 1-3-4-2, i may be wrong though.

That seems right.... But just do what i did... (If you want) just start sticking them in different orders until it fires up, or atleast runs funny, that way you know if it will run at all.

hhahahahaha i guess i could try that....

i'm sure you already know... but don't try to switch the plugs while having someone turn it over. You will get an unpleasant suprise.

^^^ AHHAHA yeah, i probably shouldn't try that

why not, what would happen?jk

My car won't idel now... any ideas? i have adjusted the throttle so that it will idel for a little bit at like 700 RPM. But i will try driving around and soon as i hit in on the clutch to like coast or anything like that, it will randomly die. The car is running rough as hell as well.

possibly the timing still?

Why did you rebuild it? Just high miles? Timing belt break? or I was bored and i thought it would be fun?

No but seriously it could be the timing, does it burn anything?

if it runs but then dies, it sounds like the timing. The distributor is on there correctly right? I'm not judging your smarts or anything.. But i have seen it happen before. Try to get someone with a timing light to check it out.

If the timeing is off a little bit, you can adjust that by tilting the distributer, correct?

Is it off on the belt? If it's on on the dizzy that should not make the car stall. You can be a little adv or a little retard and it wont stall. Are you getting fuel prs? You may also wanna do a compresion ck to, just to make sure the rings are good.

Also ck all your vac's that will make the car stall after you let off the gas and push in the clutch. Make sure you have them hooked up right.

yeah, you can adjust it by the distributor, I seen a guy one time that had the distributor off by like 45 degrees. He had the legs bolted in the wrong spots. I am suprised it ran

it will still run. If it's to far adv it will knock, if it's to far retart it will lag.

Well i got my car all up and running. I want soooo badly to wind it up high, but I guess i should probably wait untill i have the engine broken in. lol. It's sooo much more responsive so i am very happy. i was getting like no compression before for several reasons, now i am getting about 85 psi. is that normal?