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Old May 6, 2015 | 07:44 PM
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Hello guys. I used my 75 f250 to put the pontoon in the water last weekend. The ramp is narrow, steep, and has a lot of ruts. I needed to readjust my path so I tried to pull forward and my truck fell on its face. It lost power and wouldn't pull its self up. The truck died and hasn't started since. (I wished I could of gotten a picture of my 79 150 pulling the whole collaboration up the ramp for the "lets see your dents at work forum") I have spark and am getting fuel to the carb. I'm at a loss. any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Old May 6, 2015 | 08:18 PM
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If you have spark and fuel, my question would be, when you crank it over, does it sound the same as before, or does it seem to spin faster? If the answer is yes, my next suspicion would be the timing chain.
 
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Old May 6, 2015 | 08:26 PM
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It seems to crank the same it just doesn't want to fire.
 
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Old May 6, 2015 | 09:01 PM
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Could the distributor pin have sheared?
 
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Old May 6, 2015 | 09:38 PM
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Take the distributor cap off and have someone try to start it while you watch to see if the rotor is spinning around. I had a distributor shaft break on my 351M back in the 90's.
 
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Old May 6, 2015 | 10:16 PM
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My 351 ate 2 dist gears while it was in my truck. Backfired and never fired again, jumped timing. And then I broke a camshaft in it, so only the first couple cylinders had valves moving them. Expect the unexpected.
 
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Old May 6, 2015 | 11:22 PM
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Had a neighbour suck up a bunch of water into his exhaust and his truck wouldnt start. I've collapsed a tail pipe once and couldn't start truck til I whacked off the end of the tailpipe.
 
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