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if I'm not mistaked #5 was the blackest of the bunch

put about 1 1/2 ccs of oil in it and it didn't help any

is the compression on the rest ok? would that one cylinder keep me from starting?

I'll get new plugs tomorrow and I'll check the valves. I'm thinking it'll be an intake valve. I'm getting a whoosh everyonce in awhile through the carb

i appreciate everyone's patience. Actually this is the first time I ever used my 300 dollar snap on compression gauge. It's just been sitting there looking pretty

my biggest fear is somewhere along the line I bent a valve

Originally posted by Henry Rifle
On a Chevy V8, aren't the cam and crank timing marks supposed to line up at 6 and 12 (dot-to-dot) rather than at 12 and 12?

As I started reading the thread I thought no spark.

But as the timing issue came up - the dot-to-dot at #1 TDC immediately came to mind.

Bert

Originally posted by firebird45331
that's what I've been saying, Everyone keeps telling me that my car won't start because I aligned them originally at 12 & 12. I aligned them last night at 6 and 12 and it still won't start.

if you know for a fact that your timing gears will come dot to dot at some point in time while you are turning the motor then your cam is in time. now you can move on to something else. run through the valves and take all the slack out of them, get the #1 cylender on comp. stroke by blowing your finger off and putting the timing mark on TDC. after you do that then drop the dist into the motor on #1 in the cap. wire the motor, be sure you have gas and ign. cranke motor. should start. if it dont go back to "A" and do it again. if you are in time, cam and dist. got gas, got ign. valves opening and closing then it should start. it would have to be a very bad vac. leak to keep it from cranking. be sure to recheck the plugs they will foul out quick sometimes with a no start. other wise i dont know.

Originally posted by Hurst01
Hey, Mike,
Neat looking avatar you have . Does your truck look that good?
Ed

no! i really dont have any good pic gonna take some before to long.

some more in the gallery

before I foul out a new set of plugs tomorrow afternoon. should I have the choke open or close?

Originally posted by firebird45331
before I foul out a new set of plugs tomorrow afternoon. should I have the choke open or close?

if the carb. is squirting fuel you dont need no choke. dont keep pumping it either, if it dont crank. it dont take much fuel to start a motor or run it at idle.

I'm still getting a backfire right when I first crank it, but I have a feeling I have the intake valve on 5 too tight or is bent. and I do believe I'm flooding the piss out of it. My old quadra jet needed 5 or 6 pumps to get it to start. I mean it's only backfired right when I first crank it. sounds like a fart under the car. The it whooshes throught the carb.

Originally posted by firebird45331
I'm still getting a backfire right when I first crank it, but I have a feeling I have the intake valve on 5 too tight or is bent. and I do believe I'm flooding the piss out of it. My old quadra jet needed 5 or 6 pumps to get it to start. I mean it's only backfired right when I first crank it. sounds like a fart under the car. The it whooshes throught the carb.

whooshing and farting sounds like me in the morning, a good cup of coffee will fix that. i thought you had a problem.

I don't drink coffee
been know to take a shot of vodka in the morning though

which brings me to a point. I'll have a bottle of whiskey here for the first person who comes here and gets this friggin car running so I can at least drive it.

It's maker's mark, it's the best I've ever had.