need help badly

[hepajeep34]

My jeep recently over heated badly and I decided to remove the head and look for any cracks found a ton of fluid on cylinders, log story short I removed fluid and bought new gaskets, thermostat, temp. sending unit, tune up kit, replaced distributor since old one had a crack in it. I am having TROUBLE with what I believe to be a timing issue. I have brought no. 1 cylinder TDC lined up needle on distributor and all I get is the engine cranking and then letting a whats sounds like a small back fire. Please help I really need to get my jeep back I miss it.

 

[dc_jeep]

Not sure what year. My year is a 2001 TJ online 6. To reestablish timing I took out the spark plug from cylinder 1, then manually rotated the motor while putting my finger in the hole where the spark plug goes. After I felt cylinder 1 at compression. I rotated the motor to TDC. Maybe cylinder 1 isn't in compression ?

 

[69jeepcj]

If you are sure you have #1 on compression stroke, you probably have the dist 180* out or just a tooth or two off. It would probably start if only one tooth off, probably not if two teeth off.

 

[PoliceMonkey161]

I'd be inclined to agree with 69jeepcj, when you say that you brought #1 up to TDC, are you looking at the timing degree wheel on the damper or are you solely going off of the distributor?

 

[Turbogus]

I'm terribly sorry to hear of your breakdown, I just got 'Black Betty' on the road after several months doing upgrades/grafting. Would you happen to know what the motor temperature was when you had this catastrophic failure?