well I found half my problem, the red wire that connects the HEI to the HEI on the outside???? came out of its groove, was still in the connector but not making contact. Once I figured that out it fired alright like a machine gun my son said!!! So once I had help again instead of being lazy and lining the mark up WE found TDC and my rotor was pointing at the passenger. I was 180 off, exactly what you said !! Son it fired right up and I hand tuned the timing and it sounds like a brand new beast purring like a kitten. I tightened everything down and took it for a ride and now it’s popping and sounding like it did with the points. Also my vacuum canister is almost back on the fire wall too far to hook up the tube!! So does this mean I’m a tooth off?