Check that the firing order matches the sequence of the wires in the cap. Could be you have 1 cylinder firing when the intake is open. Ken Ames email:amesk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Brian Hagen wrote: > Matt, > > Are you sure? I manually aligned the notch on the timing mark at TDC. I > then removed the distributor and realligned it so the rotor pointed at > Cylinder 1. (so at TDC, the rotor points to Spark Plug one). Wouldn't that > be correct? > > Could something else be 180 degrees off internally in the distributor since > i 'rebuildt' it? > > Thanks for your help, > Brian > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matt Haas" <mhaas@xxxxxxx> > To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 10:15 PM > Subject: Re: 65 Rambler - Gasoline Geyser - Help?! > > > > Brian, > > > > The cloud of gas you're seeing is from the distributor being in wrong. > > Chances are, it's off 180 degrees. To see if that's the problem, just move > > the plug wires on the sparks plugs. If that fixes it, you can either leave > > it as-is or remove the distributor and turn the rotor 180 degrees. Also, > > when the #1 cylinder is at TDC, both the rotor and vacuum advance can > > should be roughly parallel to the engine block. Take a look at > > http://www.mattsoldcars.com/RestoreAmerican/new_lines.shtml to see what my > > distributor looks like. > > > > > > > > > >