OK guys. I turned the engine over by hand and watched for intake and exhaust valve openings. As I was doing this I was making sure piston was coming up on the compression stroke after the ntake valve closed. Cam and crank are synched.

I've relashed the valves walkintg the engine by hand one cylinder at a time making sure each piston was at TDC on the compression stroke. I used techinspector's method.

It's now set at TDC on #1 (via dial indicator). I'll get the distributor cap and test/install the wires again. I can't find anything in my documentation or on MSD's website on how to test the Blaster 2 coil to make sure it's good. I've been through testing the box and got a spark when I removed the short from the two wires. Anyone ever had a coil that fired intermittently yet tested ok on the ignition box ?? Just curious how to look for that.

Hopefully, I'll get it back together and start it this evening. I'll let you know how it goes.

Any other recommendations before I button this thing back up ??

Mike