ok...found no spark....

i checked and i had no spark....so my timing might of been right...i'm going to get another distributor friday...hopefully thats my problem....also when i tested for no spark...my car backfired and i saw smoke on my passenger side in the engine bay....i couldn't tell where it came from...but it really didn't smell like something was burnt...does anyone know what that could of been about???
jimmy

ok...lets see 2 months ago (when i got my work truck) i decided to tear my car down and install my cam and different heads(i got heads from a 93 cobra that had been re-valved and spinged and milled down)...well when i brought it back up and tried to start it all it did was turn over and backfire occasionally....everyone i talked to(here and other places) said it sounded like i was 180* out and asked if i got my timing chain marks right.....so i turned the dizzy 180* difference but still had the same results...after second guessing myself i took it back down to the timing chain and yes my marks were lined up....so then i tried again to start it but ihad the same results...it'll turn over and occasionally backfire but thats it...i called and asked my father(old home school carb mechanic)...he said i think your valves are to tight from your rocker arms...so i loosened them and tightened them to the specific torque by my chilton manual....still nothin....so we pulled the distributor and reset the dizzy another 10 times or so...then we noticed i had no oil on my rocker arms and on the heads....we're think ohhh f**k.....so he called a mechanic he knew and he said that the oil pump could be out or the shaft or even the distributor....he asked if we were getting spark...we said yes because it was backfiring.....he said that not neccessarilly....and the oil could be because it takes pressure to send it....and it has to be running.....so i tested by putting a screw driver into the number one spot and turned it over and had no spark, but it did backfire...after that i noticed a little smoke on the passenger side...i couldn't tell where it came from...

ok...i went up and talked to a certified ford mechanic at a local ford dealership....i explained what i did and what it wasn't doing...i asked about the tfi module and he told me how to check it....so basically he told me to bypass the module by using the starter solenoid on the starter and to check the ignition switch harness under the dash...i did both and nothing has changed....so should i now check the ignition coil??? i replaced it already...i have 2...my old 1 and a new 1....also how can i check the distributor???

ok...i have spark....so my module is good...whats the next basic thing to check???

i'm going to pull my push rods and check and see if bent.....i think that may be my problem....also...should i invest in a diagnostic scanner????

ok...i'm pulling my pushrods and checking to see if bent....then i also got a diagnostic scanner for $30...so hopefully....we'll see...