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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Project Grey94" data-source="post: 1488801" data-attributes="member: 28839"><p>Thank you sir I have done that this morning and it showing that I am a tooth off number one on top of the distributor so I remove the distributor and moved it a tooth to where it was pointing at number 1 and then the car does not want to start and it sounds like the engine is straining like completely out of time when I brought the engine on top dead center compression stroke put a baby screwdriver in there turning the harmonic balancer until 0 and it seems to be dead on so then I pulled the distributor again moved it back one tooth to where it would run but again I have to turn the timing way up to get it to start when I put the timing light on it I can get it all the way back down to 10 with no pinging or popping but when I hit the gas pedal the engine will hesitate to shake and stall and yes when I am doing the timing I have the spout out I also have a Haynes manual that I just bought and I keep researching that and this is my first s n the other seven I owned we're foxes that where carburetor and sorry again just to let you all know that when I put the timing light on it it is up around 20 22 degrees and yes it is pinging and popping but when it's not turned up that far the car won't run it won't start and if it does start it definitely won't move but one it is cranked up the 20 22 I can actually drive it with no bucking which leads me to believe that I'm a tooth out of timing could anybody tell me the correct way or the way that works the best on getting these cars back timing or am I on the right track just keep trying to move it a tooth one way or another thanks again guys this is all a big help</p></blockquote><p></p>