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Engine shoots gas out of the carburetor after new distributor?

Apr 04, 2011 by CJ | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

I installed a new distributor in my engine and it wont start. It shoots gas out of the carburetor. Is this a symptom of installing the distributor on the wrong compression stroke while at TDC?
The timing is set and the distributor is seated correctly.

Chances are good that you have installed your distributor 180 degrees off. The timing marks line up twice for every one time the rotor is pointing at the #1 terminal and spark plug wire.

Have someone turn the crank with a socket clockwise,

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