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OK, so I charged my battery and tried to start her up-- sounded very peculiar, definitely not right. After pulling the AC/Power steering belt and hand turning the idler/tensioner pulley, I decided that was definitely not the source of the strange noise (I feared I might have reassembled it too tight or incorrectly).
So, I decided the original, inside cam pulley mark must have been correct. Pulled the timing cover, realigned the belt, (and made sure the distributor pulley mark was lined up still), reassembled, and VROOOM!
She started up easy as pie. I adjusted timing, adjusted idle, readjusted timing, and took her for a drive. All good to go so far. Idle is a little rough, but I'll start messing with that later. (And I'll be checking compression as I mess with the rougher than desired idle, clean up, put in a new valve cover gasket, etc.)
So, lesson learned-- it was timing. I must have originally installed the timing belt with the distributor pulley off three or four notches. Reinstalled correctly she's a brand new car. I found it much easier to see that mark with a flashlight pointed upwards at it-- otherwise its almost invisible on my car.
Next up is a smog check, wish me luck...
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