i just got the car a week ago. first drive that i took in it was great but when i got home noticed that the top end was leaking oil so i replaced intake manifold gaskets and valve cover gaskets. put the distributer back in and it wouldnt fire. so i took the distributer back out, brought the number one piston to TDC and re-installed the distributer with rotor button on the number 1 wire post. it tried to start but i had to advance the distributer until the vaccume advance was touching the intake manifold. even then i had to stay on the throttle. it wouldnt idle and was real rough in low rpms but in higher rpms it smoothed back out. i tried moving a tooth on the distributer each way but it only got worse. dont want to take it to a shop but im out of ideas. any advice will help. thanks

 

Not a lot of traffic on "Advanced Tech", and probably not much more on "Classic Engine Tech", but let's try putting a copy of this there. This site is top-heavy with a few 3rd Gens, a ton of 4th Gens, and a growing 5th Gen element. But the classic 1st and 2nd Gen's seem under-represented.