I recently got a 92 v6 that hasn't run in about 8 or 9 years that im trying to resurrect. Car was just died one day going down the road and hast been able to start since. It was parked until I got it a few weeks ago.
The PO told me a shop talked him into putting a new distributor in it to attempt to fix it and then told him there was something wrong with the crank shaft. Lets say im not real confident in the abilities of the shop that did the work.

Everything i understand about setting the base is done while its running. how do i go about setting it when it wont start?

For more background,,So far i found the fuel pump to be non functional, and have replaced it. I pulled a plug wire and tested for spark.

At this point i have Spark and fuel pressure reads at about 38psi key on.

 

Bring cyl #1 to TDC...compression. Set the distributor in such a way that the rotor is pointed at the terminal for #1 spark plug wire....or maybe slightly past it. That is "close enough" to get it started. Once it's started, "feed it what it wants", timing wise, by rotating the distributor.

 

Thank you, Thank you. Ill put it in place and then see what happens from there.