well i finished my headers today and hooked everything back up except the knock sensor... b/c the plug in broke and i had to get a new one so i ordered it from oriellys today and it wont be in till tomaro. but i dont think that would cause the car to keep dying like it is. its not idleing right either. how can i set the idle on this car ive never done it b4. it is an 88 305 TPI. i took it down to street today and it keep shuting of if i didnt have my foot on the gas a little. do you think this would be a vaccum problem. idk what to do i cant work on it anymore tonight b/c it is too loud with the open headers to be cranking it up. i already pissed off the neighbors today.

 

Sounds like a vacuum leak to me, did you remove any of the intake components? I would not set the idle if it was Idling before the header swap. Go back a double check everything you removed in the process

 

well i came home today from school in hopes to finish it all up and get it running right.... and i go to crank it and there is no spark... i take the cap off the distributor b/c the coil wasnt getting a spark and cranked it again. the inside was spinning like it was supposed to but under the piece that the rotor attaches too was a couple pieces of broke metal.. anyone know if i can fix this piece or do i have to buy a whole new dizzy. i dont even know what the piece is so any info would help me out.

 

welp we pulled the distributor and it was junk it was cracked in a couple different places and the top was all rusted and corroded. we got a new one though and cant seem to line it up w/ the line we marked when we took the old one out. we tried it anyway and it popped back through pretty bad.

 

alright im trying to put the new dizzy in now but it wont go all the way down into the oil pan... any suggestions. im trying to line it back up like it was when we took the other one out but it wont go all the way down into the pan any suggestions?

 

guess not....

 

Turn the oil pump drive shaft with a large screwdriver to align with the drive pin on the end of the distributor shaft.

 

thanks man but mw66nova came by and helped me out with it. i got it in yesterday but i didnt know you had to have the motor on number 1 top dead center and then line up the distributor i just put it back in where the old one came out.