buddychiefguy, if you've got your timimg light hooked to #1 wire and you can see 10 degrees at the timing mark then you're in time, unless the mark has slipped, but you should be able to move the dist around a little one way or the other to see if the motor clears up. you need to find out about the 12 volts going to the dist. like dr_bowtie said, could be something to that, but other wise if you're on #1 wire and you setting it at 10 degrees then you can forget about the time and look for something else wrong. it dont make no dif. where #1 wire is in the cap, as long as you know where its at, and wire your motor from there.