If your doing it by yourself my guess is that you dont have the dizzy stabbed correctly.

You need someone to help you.

This is a very easy method to find TDC for cylinder #1. Dont trust the timing marker,.. its not always 100% accurate.

Pull #1 plug out. Either wire up a remote starter on the solenoid or get someone to bump it over for you. As the motor is being bumped over,.. small bumps,.. spit on your thumb and hold it over the plug hole. Just before TDC it will blow your thumb off the hole. The bump should have it close to TDC,.. look at the timing mark,.. it should be close. Dont sweat it if the mark is off,.. its not 100%. Now turn the button in the dizzy to just before where #1 is on the cap. Its going to rotate as you drop it in. You want it to fall on #1. You dont need the cap on,.. you need to watch the button as your stabbing it to see if your a tooth off. I usually put the cap on and use a perm marker to draw a line from #1 down to the bottom so when I pull the cap off I know where #1 is. Stab it,.. bump the motor over again and stop when it blows your thumb off. The button should be pointing at #1. Wire the cap up,.. coil and dont forget to wire it counter clockwise. Put the spark plug back in. The motor should now fire up.

Once youve got it fired up,.. turn it off. Pull the spout off,.. get a timing light, start it back up and set the timing. I usually do mine by ear. Not everyone can do this,.. I have an ear for timing and can honestly say that I have never set my timing wrong. I usually have it between 12 - 15 deg advanced. 93 Octane setting,.. then put the spout back on. Start it back up and it should be good to go.

Hope that helps.

If it still wont fire up,.. then you have another problem somewhere else. Check your wiring,.. connections,.. etc etc.

Hurst