1976 Ford F-100 Custom Cab, in Coral paint with mild custom interior. This truck is no garage princess, but wears it's age well, and sports an aggressive stance on Boss 338's with a DJM lowered suspension. 64,275 miles on body, recently rebuilt hydraulic roller cam 390 (dyno'd at 369 HP and 425...

Working on replacing the pans on my '76 F-100. Got the passenger side cut out last night.

Solved!OK - took everything back to baseline - and got it running. I was not setting correct TDC (had been setting it on the exhaust stroke as you all correctly diagnosed.) After I validated TDC using the "blow your thumb off of the spark plug hole" method, I got the timing right. I...

This is helpful - and I think explains what I am seeing with the distributor.This is confusing - my distributor absolutely runs through the intake manifold, and it needed to be pulled when I removed the manifold. FWIW - it is an aftermarket Edlebrock aluminum manifold.If I somehow gave...

I will crank to TDC, pull and correctly position the distributor on #1. I will attempt to start it, and it will crank for awhile, sometimes backfire out of the carb. When I re-check the distributor, it will be 180 off.

I'm not sure I understand this question...I replaced it after noticing the issue with it being 180 off after cranking. The new distributor also does the same though, so it must be something else.OK - I'm using the timing mark, and have also pulled the #1 plug to validate TDC. I'm working...

New to the forum - looking for advice/guidance on my 76 F-250. It's a 390 with a 4 barrel carb - 11 year old crate motor with ~30,000 miles on it.I recently replaced the head gaskets, and while I had the heads off I had them machined and rebuilt, and the intake manifold hot dippedThe carb...