bone collector

these marks. not my picture

DapperDon

Yeah I stil cant see the marks ive painted them with white out.

bone collector

do you see the timing mark on the crank pulley??

DapperDon

yeah but not when its turning...?

bone collector

is the timing light on the #1 wire and is it flashing?? if the answer is yes. then the timing is still way off

DapperDon

Yes i have the timing light hooked up to no.1 spark plug wire. The gun flashes when I pull the trigger yes....?

bone collector

is the battery portion of the timing light hooked up?? yes it supposed to flash when the trigger is pulled

DapperDon

Yes it is hooked up. My issue is i cant see the damn mark on the crank pulley when its spinning...

bone collector

try turning the distributor a little and see if you can see the mark. hold the light at various angles to try and see the mark

DapperDon

thanks a lot bone collector, I will give this a shot first thing tomorrow when im checking out my sticky clutch pedal. Gets stuck halfway. 2 Steps forward 1 step back the story of my life. Lol Thanks again

bone collector

I try to help you tomorrow. hope this works for you. some wd 40 on the clutch pedal assembly and brackets always helps too

bone collector

Update???

DapperDon

Just figured out the timing light thing...new problem im thinking my timing is outta whack now cause my ignition time will only make it to 5 degrees btdc? Pretty sure this indicates the timing is outta whack right? anyone want to chime in...be easy on me!

bone collector

Sounds like the distributor is off a tooth. Common mistake

Gevo

I had this same exact issue with my brand new, correctly installed distributor. I thought it was off a tooth and so I placed it back one, and then it was well above the 15 degree mark and the engine started pinging. I put the old one on which I had incorrectly diagnosed broken, and it fit just right in the range.

This doesn't mean it can't be off by a tooth. Regardless, since you're are down at 5 deg (mine reach the limit at 10) moving it back a tooth may give you the correct range.

DapperDon

Thanks fellas.

bone collector

Each tooth on the distributor is 27 degrees of timing. Just for reference

DapperDon

Thanks bone collector!!

UPDATE: I replaced the master cylinder and slave cylinder because my clutch was getting stuck to the floor. I noticed that fluid had leaked out of the master cylinder onto the carpet . Now this ones leaking, admittedly i did buy a master from Autozone lol whats the likelihood that its the part and something else isnt messing up with the clutch. Seems like a simple system so I dont know what the deal is...

I havent done much research on this yet so if its out there my bad.

superex87

If your still have trouble seeing your timing marks or they seem out side of the adjustment range I would recommend checking the crank pulley itself. The pulley has a rubber damper sandwiched between the inner metal portion and the outer belt portion. The rubber rots and the outer portion will move which means the timing marks move with it.