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Brian Whatcott

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:08:08 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

anyone had this problem before,or can you help me out anyway

Cheap preliminaries.

Pull one plug. Hook it tback o the lead and rest it on the block.
Crank. Look for the spark at the plug. A blue spark.
Look for a repeated blue spark. If yes, the ignition is not the
problem.

Squirt a good dose of ether in the inlet and crank.
look for a firing cylinder or two. If not, the fuel is not a problem.

If spark but no firing cylinder with ether, then fuel is
not the issue and spark is not the issue.

Test compression in a plug hole. If over 100 psi, then
compression is not the problem.

If you earlier saw a repeated spark, then the timing chain is usually
OK cause it usually drives the camshaft which drives the distributor
which times the spark.

So now you are left with timing.
Get a timing light - $30 for preference. The timing chain may have
slipped a tooth or three

There you go!

Brian Whatcott Altus OK