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Originally Posted by 785sp
One more idea:
My distributor was reinstalled incorrectly at some point so that my firing order is all shifted by one. I've left it that way (because it runs fine and I have a tendency to break things that I try to correct), but there's a chance this could be your problem. If you put your original or a new distributor cap on your used engine and the used-engine distributor was off, or if you put the distributor back in yourself and didn't set it right, or if your distributor is set right but your distributor cap is off by one, these could all cause the same problem of the spark not coordinating with the fuel.
A further possibility is that the air flap in the CIS "neck" (which is connected to a lever, etc.) is somehow jammed so that even the ether is not actually getting to the cylinders.
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Leo pulled the distributor cap and bolt and we set the rotor to #1 at TDC.
I used a Porsche approved hood support device (broom handle) and pushed the meter plate down in a couple of the various trys. We also shot some ether in via the transmission vacuum line that goes in the front of the intake body, and another time into the line from the AC aux air input valve.
I don't understand how it was, but strongly suspect the spark and compression timing are off.