Thread: Rebuilt 350 won't fire-up!

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Originally Posted by 73RS

Make sure you have your rockers adjusted right. I went to a fella's house who had the same problem you did. I ended up pulling #1 plug to insure he had the distributor set right. I told him to crank the motor over while I held my finger over the plug hole. The motor turned over a few times and now compression. Come to find out he had the rockers too tight. Once he got that straight the engine started right up.
You must have an igntion timing/firing order issue or rocker issue if your getting gas to the motor and you say you have spark.

,,,I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM,,,I HAD 2 CRACKED HEADS,,,, THIS WAS THE PROBLEM FOR ME,,I DID A COMPRESSION CHECK AND ALSO I SEEN WATER COMING OUT MY SPARK PLUG HOLE..(MAN I HATED THAT,,THE GUY I BOUGHT THE ENGINE FROM ,,,LIED TO ME,,CAUSING ME A NIGHT MARE ,,,,good-luckALSO LIKE THE OTHER MEMBER SAID MAKE SURE ALL YOUR VALVES ARE ADJUSTED PROPER,,, YOU NEED TO DO A CHECK ON ALL YOUR TIMING NEEDS ..GO THROUGH THE GENERAL STEPS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE DONE EACH STEP CORRECTLY!!