1986 Chevy Caprice timing chain

Tiny
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1986 Chevy Caprice V8 Two Wheel Drive Automatic

my car jump timing and I bought a new chain and gears I installed them and set both arrows facing each other but my vehicle wont start how do I set the timing on the distributor
Saturday, July 19th, 2008 AT 4:27 PM

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Tiny
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Make sure the harmonic balancer is on 0 and your on the compression stroke for #1 cylinder(this is done by removind #1 plug and bump the key until you get compression out of the spark plug hole) line the rotor up with the #1 spot on the distributor cap and see if she runs
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008 AT 4:42 PM

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