Ford 400 no fire. Help

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Oct 12, 2015 | 02:28 PM

stirling35

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Ford 400 no fire. Help

I just put my 400 back in my truck. Went to start it it would fire and kinda run. First the carb was for a 302 so it would not run very well. I put the carb for it back on and it fired a couple times now nothing. It has spark. I thought I flooded it so I let it sit all weekend. Today no fire at all pore a little gas down carb. Nothing just cranks I'm at a loss now. Any info will help thx

Oct 12, 2015 | 05:15 PM

fordtruckguy78

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what color is the spark tho

Oct 12, 2015 | 11:56 PM

burnthelight88

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Screwed up firing order?

Oct 13, 2015 | 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by fordtruckguy78

what color is the spark tho

^^ This. Yellow-Red spark or, Blue-ish spark with an audible SNAP every time it fires.

Oct 13, 2015 | 01:37 PM

stirling35

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Its a nice blue spark

Oct 13, 2015 | 06:02 PM

Tedster9

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Good spark, good fuel poured down carb, it pretty much has to run

Oct 13, 2015 | 06:29 PM

fordtruckguy78

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unless its bypassing aka no compression , look in to timing , have u had the wires off? recheck . and make sure timing matchs top dead center in number 1 , but like tedster said check the fuel