check the distribitor shaft for excessive play.. grab it and see if it wiggles.. it should have almost no play. pull dust cover and check for worn lobes... all four lobes on the shaft should open and close the points equally.... and move the number four plug to other cyl's and see if it fires on those... could be bad plugs or bad plug wires as well....
all four should fire... then its a matter of getting number one back in timing again. when you fill the air coming out of number one, use a flashlight or find the timing mark to get it on tdc top dead center" then the distribitor will point to number one or... it will point 180 out.. depending if its on the intake stroke or on the exhuast stroke. so you have a 50/50 chance... it need to be on the intake stroke to set it back in time or put the plug wires on correctly.
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