[Brawndo]

Does anyone have any idea why my 88 s-10 2.8 liter is at tdc but my distrubutor rotor is pointing towards the number 2 cylinder and not 1. Truck will crank but won’t start

Can you give a bit of history on this? A bit of a run down on what has happened. Was the truck running and just stop? On 2.8 the #1 is on passenger side. What has been done to try to fix and so on? If the distributor is loose it could have rotated to cause the problem. Lots of possibilities, information helps.

 

[Brawndo]

I just noticed this is posted in the wrong section. Perhaps @Rhotpursuit or a mod can move it to get you more visibility.

 

[Brawndo]

Not trying to be funny. You check out the rotor? Could be defective if it was replaced. If you are getting spark at the center of the cap / coil wire you should be getting it at a plug. Could also be the tip that contacts the rotor inside the cap.

 

[Brawndo]

I have not, there is a good chance it is defective, I’ve had people tell me the whole distrubutor may have to be replaced also

If all you did was replace rotor and cap, seems logical to put the old back on. At least it ran with them on.