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Originally Posted by 51 MERC-CT
Did you in fact insure that when the distributor was located with the number one position located at 6 o'clock the number one piston is located at top dead center?? (top of compression stroke)
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That is my thought too. I also experienced it where some bone head (me) when he replaced the timing gear managed to get it a couple of teeth out of time... Strangely it actually ran, no power and sputtered and backfired a lot. Seeing as how this is "confession" time... Remember these flatheads are cyl. are numbered front to back, 1-4 on passenger side, 5-8 on the drivers side. Hooking up the wires to the distributor in a "Chevy" pattern will also impact the power...
Thanks, I feel better now having gotten these transgressions off of chest. I understand that there is no statute of limitations for these... Chap