292 y-block distributor puzzler
I recently determined that the dual vacuum retard/advance unit on my ‘56 Fairlane was no longer working. I have an NOS spare that I tested and installed today. Tricky to do on the car but it came out ok. Went to start — no dice. Car behaves like the timing is way off. I did not move the distributor, and reused the same cap and rotor. I did remove the plug wires but reinstalled them using the “1” stamped on the cap and the clockwise firing order stamped on the block. If I crank the motor to TDC, it looks like the rotor is pointing to the #1 plug wire.
What gives? The shop manual is not helpful. I thought of rotating the distributor a bit - but how do you do that with two steel vacuum lines attached? I also tried rotating the plus wires one position at a time and that did not help. Car started instantly before. What am I missing? Should I surrender and go with an updated distributor?
Bill in Virginia
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