I have a 1948 Ford f1 flathead. I can not get it to start. I have rebuilt the carb. Rebuilt the distributor and set the points. Replaced the fuel pump and fuel pump pushrod. New spark plugs, new plug wires. It ya strong spark. Gas flowing good. Did a compression test, most cylinders are near 90. Nothing super low. Got it to back fire once or twice. Can anyone give me any suggestions that I am missing?
thanks

I did not, I did all the previous things in my garage. And I couldn’t figure it out so I sent it to a shop near me, I would think they checked that, but I will double check with them about that on Monday.

Originally the mechanic said the compression was low in the 30’s. He said he soaked the pistons in mmo and now there around 90, I’ll double check the timing with him

Some guy was auctioning off his collection of 40 cars. And all of them ran the day of the auction besides the f1. I drained the oil and replaced it. And the gas was pretty much empty. So I added about 5 gallons of fresh gas. It has backfired once or twice. But not too promising

The last service sticker is like 25 years old. Not that that means much. But I’d assume it say for some while. The carb was very gunned up and the old fuel pump was nasty

Sweet thanks, what should the firing order be?

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15486372 of that link doesn’t work

It could be as simple as a bad condenser in the distributor. The cheap ones are known to be unreliable.