OK, got it running. Yeah, I had the belt on right, and I knew that, but the dist was giving me some problems. I must have inadvertently jumped two teeth or something when I was stabbing the thing Sun night. That, or there was some hiccup with something else and it just didn't want to hit off. The reason I say that is because I think it started on one of the three teeth that I originally tried. (I'm not sure exactly because I didn't zero the crank in last night after starting it - so I don't know exactly where the rotor was - I will check that either this evening or maybe not until the weekend)

I have a high idle so I'll put the light on it and see exactly where it's at. I'm not sure where the timing is supposed to be for the 1990 Hyundai Sonata, but I will try to find it online. If I get is set correctly and still have high idle, I'll go from there (incidentally, even though the old motor was coughing pretty bad and leaking all over, it had high idle also - I suspected that since it was running a little rough, someone had turned the dist a little to compensate and keep it idling, etc). Anyway, we'll see.

If anyone knows the timing for the Hyundai, please chime in. Or, a hypothetical for high idle if indeed it still occurs after timing is set correctly. (I've got the throttle stop backed off and I'm aware of the solenoid).

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