Finally got back to diagnosing this. Last weekend we took the kids camping. By the time we get done putting the kids to bed at night during the week it's too dark out to see anything. I don't have electricity run out to the shed yet. I'm toying with the idea but I don't much like the idea of what it will do to the tax bill.
Replaced all the wiring that came with the setup. Some of it looked like it had seen better days. Everything has been Ohmed out and voltages checked at the coil with the key in run position and in start position.
TDC: I did the test by pulling the first spark plug out and rotating the crankshaft by hand. It matches were I think it should be. I hadn't checked the timing mark. I just went and found that (just came in for a bit of chalk so I can make that sucker light up). I had to clean all the built up gunk off the timing marks.
The marks match up with what the rotor is saying for TDC. I just wish I had checked the position before I pulled the loadomatic. If the balancer has such a propensity to slip after all those years maybe we should add that to the sticky (if we have one) or get it added to the DSII writeup on the Classic Inlines site? Assuming I've got TDC about right how close does the timing have to be to get the engine to start?
I'm pretty sure it's getting fuel. I didn't muck with the fuel system before I pulled the loadomatic. The car *WAS* running before I started the DSII swap. Short of that, I smell gas after trying got start it.
So I think my next steps are going to be:
* re-verify TDC by pulling the plug and spinning the crankshaft around. Who knows, I could have got it wrong the first time
* re-verify I'm getting spark at the coil, then at cylinder 1. I did re-do the wiring. It's usually the stuff you assume is working that is what is actually biting you....
If I'm still not getting anywhere I'll go ahead and spin the distributor 180 and see what I get.