the workshop manual. so, i swapped my spare distributor over from my old engine. the car was actually trying to start, but struggling. best i can describe it as kind of chugging or bucking. at least there’s some progress!
today, i swapped in some different plug wires and removed the old cat since i suspect it might be clogged. when i went to start it, it turned over a few times, made some grinding sounds and then stopped.
i turned the crank by hand and could hear some awful grinding sounds from the starter area. removed the starter and found this.
went searching for what causes a starter’s nose cone to crack and 