Manifold tubes are plastic?!? and timing help

[lexan_122874 at hotmail.com (Lexan Blanchard)]

whew!!!!!!!!  i was very worried and getting really angry with the car.  we 
almost had a scuffle over her lack of cooperation.  and i happen to have 
bought a pretty nice allen key set with tons of sizes, so i think i will be 
covered (or figure out something).

next question on timing...

oh man, i think it's all fubarred!  or i can't figure it out.  flywheel has 
OBVIOUS "0" very near the little hak mark.  so, when it's at TDC, the little 
dot on the cam is on the drivers side, lined up with the back of the valve 
cover (i all back the part that is closest to the interior sitting area).  
next, the rotor is sitting pointing almost diretly at the radiator (just a 
little towards the drivers side).  Sort of pointing at #4 wire.  Next, I 
think the wires were in the wrong order (my god, can anything else be wrong 
here?).  I am counting #1 cylinder to be the one farthest over to the 
passenger side, then 2, 3, 4.  The distributor, as it sits now, is going 
4,2,1,3.  So, where do we go from here?

I am most exited to get the ar started, even with the broken injetor insert 
(i will just replace all 4 while i am at it).

Thanks!!!
Lexan

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