Its actually got a brand new distributor on it.
The car had a misfire so I ordered an ignition module and a coil but
got sent a whole distributor. Result!
Missfire was solved, but the timing issue is the same with both dizzys.

I too was convinced all the symptoms pointed towards the timing belt,
but I have checked it numerous times.

Everything seems to line up the arrows on the cams point upwards, the
center lines line up, and the TDC mark ( white on by itself) lines up
with the mark on the plastic casing.

I'm no professional, so I'm going to have take it to a garage to have
them check the cambelt.

I was expecting something not to line up. At least by a few degrees.



jim beam wrote:
> nm5k@wt.net wrote:
> > TeGGeR? wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Then your timing belt is off, even if it looks like it's not.
> >
> > Could be.. The only other thing I could think of is maybe a
> > sheared dist gear pin, or something like that.
>
> highly unlikely - it has no load. only way something like that can
> happen is if the retainer ring somehow disappears...
>
> > But being I haven't
> > looked at the base of one of those distributors, I couldn't say
> > if they use one. I had this happen on my ford truck one time
> > though. The pin sheared off at the base, and the dist would
> > "wander" and gradually shift in direction until it got to the point
> > that I ran out of room to turn it. Yanked it out, and saw the
> > gone pin. They had those at the autoparts, and I was back
> > off to the races. Seems to me, if the timing marks look
> > perfectly spot on, it should be pretty close, but I've seen
> > weirder things happen..
> > MK
> >
>
> check the belt timing. you have all the classic symptoms.