crazy tarzan
+1y
hard to line up timing without the valve cover off.
Put a long skinny stick in the #1 plug hole, and hand crank the motor over until you find it's highest spot. Now check your crank pulley timing marks, they should be lined up with the degree marks on the block. Next check and see where your distributor is pointing, should be about 9:00 with the cap off. If any of these isn't lined up your timing could be off. Remember that the #1 piston will be all the way up on both exhuast and intake strokes. Make sure if it doesn't line up the first time you cycle it again and check again. IF still off then usually the quickest check is to pull off dist cap and put back on facing 9:00 (as long as your on intake tdc and not exhaust).
It could be just the rotor--it can go on 3 different ways if it's worn at all.
If your still off, you'll need to pull the valve cover off and check the timing mark on the cam vs the piston, crank and dist. The cam timing mark on my 93 2600i had the silver link lined up with the spot at about 3:00.
Hope this helps.