"Thank you gentlemen for your
"Thank you gentlemen for your help. I don't blame you for thinking pooly of my intelligence, but I assure you that know where #1 cylinder is, and the correct firing order, and how to determine the compression stroke.
I don't know what carburtta means. Both motors were not injected. The 305 is out of 1973 monty carlo. This engine was running excellent prior to being removed from the auto. I removed the 350 due to cracked block, previous to that the motor ran great.
I have checked the compression, installed new points, rotor, cap, plugs, new carborator, emptied fuel tank, new filters including tiny fuel filter hidden in fuel line from tank. I have taken the timing cover off, lined up the marks and scribed the harmonic balancer at zero on the index plate, lined up the rotor with #1 wire; and when running the mark is 90 degrees CCW of where it is supposed to be.
I can think of no good reason for the timing mark not to appear somewhere close to the timing index plate, other than the 350 crankshaft is somehow screwing things up."