Yer i am still sort of lost as to why it didnt work the first time. when i swapped the leads. and when I tried it on the correct stroke it worked with having 4 first. then when I tried to swap it round to the correct way i got lost again ahah. but got it eventually so all is good :) now to find an e...

Good News, i have got it started it turns out I was Timing it on the wrong stroke as i forgot the ratio was 2-1 for the crank. Thanks for your help everyone.

I had just typed the following before your last reply as I think you were very close before you just pulled other out and moved it again :lol: Have you kept the dizzy loose so you can twist is as you try to start it, you could perhaps be just slightly out or even 1 tooth out on the dizzy. if you ca...

Hello all, i have been trying to get to the bottom of my problem with some help from " ScottieJ " but wondering if anyone can help me with this problem. I have just done a head gasket on my 413 Sami, also re doing the valve seals and lapping the valves. Just finished putting everything bac...

Just been to have another look after work. still no luck :( I tried the leads as they are labelled on the dizzy cap. when doing this the arm inside the cap was pointing towards number 1 on the cap which I had plugged into number 1 cylinder. This didn't work :( I then tried by having number 4 lead fi...

Just been to have a quick look now and i had all of the leads going to the right place with it being 1,3,4,2. when I moved it to TDC through the sight on the flywheel whole the distributor arm was pointing to No1 lead. I swapped the leads so 4 would TDC and then 2,1,3. I proceeded to start and engin...

Yeah time your engine up to tdc and pop the cap off, note where the rotor arm is in relation to the fitted cap and the HT lead in that position should either be going to number 1 or 4. If its at number 1 then work around the cap clockwise 1,3,4,2 of that doesn't work then swap them 180 or vice vers...

The caps have a little notch so they only fit properly one way otherwise yes you could just rotate the cap so you'll need to swap the leads If that doesn't work I would re check the dizzy position while at tdc and make sure that you don't have it 1 tooth out on the gear etc. It does sound like a ti...

Is the timing 180 degrees out? It's easily done on these engines :thumbup: Literally just swap the leads around to check, if at tdc you have it in this order 1,3,4,2 swap it to 4,2,1,3, Thanks for reply, I am a little confused. when I timed the distributor I did it as shown in image attached. when ...

Hello, Sorry to hijack this thread but i am having some similar problems. Firstly, a bit of background...... I have just done a head gasket on my 413 Sami, also re doing the valve seals and lapping the valves. Just finished putting everything back together and it wont start :( it will turn over but ...