Frustrated crank no start (Page 4/4) ArthurPeale NOV 25, 04:45 PM quote Originally posted by Patrick: In the link I supplied earlier to the OP, the following image appears. It's been determined by many people that this is the optimal position for #1 to be located on the 2.8's distributor in regards to the wiring harness and plug wires etc. If your rotor is pointing elsewhere for #1, you're not forced to forever leave it there. It's just a matter of pulling the distributor up out of the hole far enough to disengage the gears... and then reposition the rotor so that when it's dropped back down, it's pointing where you want (which in my image below, is the bolt that the arrow is indicating). Okay, yes, in that way you can absolutely choose which position is #1. I'll admit that, for the purposes of testing, and since OP seems to be having some difficulty so far, I was trying to narrow down the possibilities to be able to get the car to at least fire off. It's an easy mistake to do, especially when you're just starting out. I know that I did it. A_Lonely_Potato NOV 25, 06:44 PM funky, i have mine oriented differently. learning to rephase the 'stributor was something i had to do because when i pulled it out to change the o-ring, i haphazardly gave the gear a good spin i pulled my plugs checking for spark when this happened. really everything seemed identical to what you have going on. i had spark, compression, and good fuel. my timing was just totally off because the foolish whirling i did. if you havent done so yet, give rephasing a go. doesn't take too long.