Quote Originally Posted by 1970 f250 View Post
So jerry and all the rest not sure of your names I took every ones advice and I got my truck back up and running. It was a bent valve. Thank you all very very much for all the advice. It runs good but I need to move my distributor back a tooth or two because when I start it, it gives me that dead battery sound then fires up and it sounds good when it runs. So back a tooth or forward a tooth?
Good to hear that you found an issue! Thanks for the reply. What is that "dead battery sound"??? A dead battery means NO sound to my ears!

Or are you saying you can hear the solenoid clacking as it engages / releases from a weak battery or bad connection or a bad cable?? Or are you saying it is struggling to crank over? Like when you have a weak battery or starter problem?

Do you have a timing light? Or can you borrow one? It really is better to see exactly where the plug is firing on the damper ,versus guessing whether to move the dizzy a tooth or two clockwise or anti-clockwise.. If you don't have a light some of the big box type auto part stores will rent them.

It could be an option for you? (I guess RSpears and I were typing at the same time..??)