so your engine works better with known working points dist.  but still
runs like crap?

Are the high tension leads in the correct places? If so......

Although far fetched, and shouldn't have happened, is it possible the
drive gear for distributor is out by a tooth or two? I can't imagine a
scenario where it would jump ahead/behind simply because you swapped
distributors but.......

To check, (From Bentley)

Distributor drive installing:

set crank toTDC on cylinder #1. Install drive shaft so that offset
slot is at an angle of about 12 deg. to engine centerline (small
segment to coil side.)

IMHO, if new distributor is made for the 2L AC, then you shouldn't be
required to make alterations so it will work.

Cheers,

Neil.

On 1/29/07, Nathaniel Poole <npoole@telus.net> wrote:
> Spent the afternoon killing my battery trying to get this @#$% van started.
> Replaced distributor with a new rebuilt dizzy from Rock-auto, and a set of
> hot-spark pointless points (that's for sure). Turns out the electronic
> points are randomly misfiring at speed, getting worse until van dies. Swap
> them with stock points and it still runs like crap although not misfiring
> (can tell by timing light). Just can't get the timing set right. Yanked the
> new dizzy and the shaft seems misaligned - when I look at the notch for the
> rotor and compare it to the engagement pawls at the bottom of the shaft, the
> new dizzy is different by about 25 degrees. I can't set timing right because
> the vacuum advance can hits the cold start valve. WTF? Am I expected to
> change the relationship between the camshaft and distributor or this a screw
> up by the rebuilder?
>
> Nathaniel
>

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