Ok, so here goes. I have a 78 trans am with a 400, and HEI. About a week ago, the reverse gear went out. Fine and all, a new transmission later, now the car will not start.

So heres what we have deduced so far.
Tore the carb off, it needed to be rebuild anyways. It gets plenty of fuel, and squirts into the venturis.

Coil and ignition control both tested bad, replaced those. The distributor hold down was loose, and you could turn the dist. either direction about 30 degrees. We have spark, and the engine turns and tries to fire. Never enough to actually start though, just enough to get my hopes up.

The biggest thing is that a week ago, it was running fine with little or no startup hesitation. Is there something I'm stupidly forgetting?

Thanks for any help!
Zakk