They certainly can. Place the engine at TDC on compression stroke. Make sure it is pushing air out the spark plug hole as it comes up. Use a piece of soft (copper) wire to feel the piston at TDC. align the timing marks on the front pulley. Open the distributor cap and check the rotor position. It can be anywhere and work, but the normal location is with the rotor pointing to the 1:30 position (looking from behind). This should be #1. Next is #3 in Clockwise rotation. Then #4, then #2. The distributor can be removed and reset, but unless this was done by someone, the above should be OK. If it is way off, the timing gears can be broken, or the keyway stripped. Check compression to see if it is in the 100psi range. If way off, the gears are suspect. Especially if there is a hydraulic pump on the distributor drive. There are better gears available, SH, 300 or 350 gear sets are stronger. JimN
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