1971 1800E distributor swap- will it work?

[cpdinc1800]

I have removed the entire fuel injection system and replaced it with a Weber downdraft.

As I was making the swap, I started the car with the Weber and B20E fuel injection distributor. I removed the distributor and sold all the fuel injection parts on Ebay.

I have not been able to get the JFUR4 B20B distributor to work. Can I use a JFUR4 instead of the fuel injection JFURX4? I have spark and the timing gears are in the proper position, I can line them up with a timing light cranking the starter.

Spraying ether down the carb only results in the occasional backfire and ball of flame out the carb.

There is a compression issue with 190/190/210/135. I have had a lot of od Volvos and have always been able to start them even if they were running (poorly) on 2 or three cylinders. I cant even get this one to run at all.

So the main question remains, can I swap the distributors or do I need to try to find a JFURX4 fuel injection distributor?

[cpdinc1800]

O.K., I'm an idiot. The distributor drive gear was 180 degrees off. I could have sworn that when the crank timing marks and the rotor distributor mark lined up that's what I wanted. I can't even tell you how long I spent fighting this. It's very difficult to see the obvious if you are convinced you have it right.

[abscate]

My sympathies. On air cooled VW the distributor drive dog was actually offset so it couldn't be put in off by pi. They must have seen me coming in 1949.....