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Success! We pulled out the distributor, turned the crank 360 degrees to put the cap on #1 compression instead of exhaust. Then adjusted the idle and timing. She runs great again. I don't think my friend will be pulling the distributor shaft out again lol.

Wow that is really bad forming. For one, you should never bend pipe / tube with the seam in without a mandrel bender. Send it back.

One more thought, is it possible that I could have set the engine to TDC on the exhaust stroke when we slid the cap in? Therefore, there would be nothing to fire? .

Just a thought... The PO had some other type of cap on it that kina fit but we replaced it with the propper one. (Only 2 of the mounting holes lined up) Could the rotor be wrong too and not work with the new cap? Weird thing is, it ran before with the new cap but 180 degrees out. I will see if...

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With cylinder 1 at TDC The plug wires was off to put the bolt back into the cap. Its hard to see but that is a the timing mark at 0 TDC

Yep timing belt was never touched. He pulled the distributor shaft out but that's it. The wires are correct on the cap and engine block. Yes it ran when it was 180 deg out. Rotor was facing down with the No. 1 cylinder at TDC. When we tried to drive it, there was no power and stalled. Now when...

Thanks for your reply. The cap has the numbers on it but I ment to double check the wires to the plugs. The number one wire on the cap is close to the plug harness. Does that sound about right?

I really need some help here.* The truck is a 91 3.0 standard. The distributor was taken out by my friend who was trying to change the alternator and now we can get the timing set correctly. (Not sure why he took the distributor off) We turned the crank so number one cylinder was at top dead...