need help with my car starting....

[JDM_AE86]

ok 1985 4age bluetop. i get fuel,air and spark but my car still does not start but at one point in the day i got the car to start playing with the timing but it sound it like crap and every time i hit the gas it wants to die..... i know its maybe my timing, so how would i fix all of my timing.... sorry im a noob just got the car two days ago. need help every bad because i got to smog the car soon. plz help a noob out

[jondee86]

To set the timing you need to get hold of a timing light and a short
piece of copper wire to jumper (short together) terminals T and E1
in the diagnostic connector. With T and E1 shorted together, the
ignition timing should be set at 10 deg BTDC at idle (800 rpm).

Without T and E1 shorted, the timing will jump to around 26 deg
at idle (10 deg base timing plus advance added by the ECU).

The timing marks are on the bottom timing belt cover, and match to
the notch in the back flange of the crankshaft pulley. If you clean the
cover up and highlight the notch and 10 deg marks with white paint
they will be easier to see.

Some early cars have a round, yellow (I think) diagnostic plug instead
of the square, black diagnostic connector. Two of the pins in the plug
have to be shorted together, but I'm not sure which two

To get your car to idle at 800 rpm it will either have to be warmed
up, or you will have to block off the idle-up bypass port in the throttle
body. Use gaffer tape or a small rubber plug. I think thats about
everything covered

Cheers... jondee86

[JDM_AE86]

i cant get my car to start i mean i get everything.... what can it be? all i did was a tune up and the tune up was done right after i did the dizzy cap and rotor it didnt want to start.

[jondee86]

Check you have the plug wires connected in the right order !!

The firing order is 1-3-4-2 with #1 cylinder being the one at the
front of the engine (closest to the radiator). When #1 cylinder is
just before TDC on the compression stroke, the distributor rotor
should be pointing to the #1 plug wire.

Cheers... jondee86