[tech] mk2 no start

[pbureau@attbi.com (pbureau@attbi.com)]

timing:

1 - cam to valve cover edge
2 - crank to intermediate puley mark
3 - rotor lines up with edge (near piston #4) of the 
distributor cap ring.

I think you are just so close that you rotor is not 
runint in order of pistons and you are getting backfires.

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ATS - Patrick Bureau
1985 8v Euro GTX 3A/JH Project
1988 16v Gathering Automatic Parts 
for conversion.
>   well, i'm in a bind here as my bentley and my haynes have both
> disappeared and have not reappeared since the move. i suspect they're in
> a box somewhere doing what-not (i'll let you know if i have a litter of
> hay-ben manuals).
>   i finally finished switching engines. i'm haveing the same problem
> that i was originally...sort of. the car would run occasionally, but it
> wouldn't necessarily start back up. it gets gas and the battery has
> enough juice for just about anything. i replaced the coil, wires, and
> plugs. cap and rotor were fine (note: the engine now in the car ran
> before it was removed from the other car). the car just refuses to
> start.
>   i tried hooking up a test light to the coil wire and then cranking the
> engine. no light what-so-ever. held it next to the head, same deal.
> okay, that plus a couple other little things made me replace the engine
> (good experience). now tonight (with the new motor in) i even try
> replacing the ignition control unit. and i'm left with this: when
> cranking, the car makes a *POPFF* sound and i get smoke coming from the
> mixture hole in the fuel distributor. please note that i did replace the
> timing belt. i lined up the dimple on the crank to the mark on the
> intermediate shaft and the camshaft mark to the front edge of the valve
> cover. is this wrong? like i said, can't find the damn books. also
> checked and made sure when in the position that the distribuotr was in
> no. 1 position. everything is hooked up except for an o/p switch and the
> a/c.
>   please, please help me. i'm so close, i can feel it. i just know that
> it's something stupid. any and all help is appreciated. thanx.
> 
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