Installed e303 cam and it won’t start
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Installed e303 cam and it won’t start
I installed a e303 cam on my 1986 f-150 5.0 motor. And it won’t start it just spins and smells like gas . And I checked the timing twice to see if it’s 180 out but still doesn’t start has spark and fuel.
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It is EFI and the distributor was pointing the first piston after I put it on 0
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As you may know, # 1 on the cap is pointing toward cylinder 7. It sounds like you have the rotor somewhere between 2 & 6 on the cap.
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So do I put the firing order to the picture shown . Because I put it on zero . And it was pointing to the 2-3 piston do you think the e-303 can affects the timing?
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Yes? What picture are you asking about? As I already stated, the rotor needs to point at #1 on the cap. If it is point between cylinders 2 & 3 then you are off by two terminals.
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That means the distributor is incorrectly installed.
First bring piston #1 to TDC on the compression stroke... air will be pushed out the spark plug hole as the piston comes up. It is important to ensure you are on the compression stroke not the exhaust stroke.
Then insert the distributor so that the rotor points a the #1 post on the cap when fully seated. This may take several tries since the rotor turns as the drive gear engages the cam but it's has to be right.
With that done the motor should fire up, you still have to set base timing but it's easier to do that with some temperature in the motor.
First bring piston #1 to TDC on the compression stroke... air will be pushed out the spark plug hole as the piston comes up. It is important to ensure you are on the compression stroke not the exhaust stroke.
Then insert the distributor so that the rotor points a the #1 post on the cap when fully seated. This may take several tries since the rotor turns as the drive gear engages the cam but it's has to be right.
With that done the motor should fire up, you still have to set base timing but it's easier to do that with some temperature in the motor.
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My contribution is that when you installed the distributor @ TDC....
#1 is always the same regardless of firing order.
It should point (drop in) roughly in the direction of the front, passenger side bolt of the upper/lower intake.
#1 is always the same regardless of firing order.
It should point (drop in) roughly in the direction of the front, passenger side bolt of the upper/lower intake.
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That means the distributor is incorrectly installed.
First bring piston #1 to TDC on the compression stroke... air will be pushed out the spark plug hole as the piston comes up. It is important to ensure you are on the compression stroke not the exhaust stroke.
Then insert the distributor so that the rotor points a the #1 post on the cap when fully seated. This may take several tries since the rotor turns as the drive gear engages the cam but it's has to be right.
With that done the motor should fire up, you still have to set base timing but it's easier to do that with some temperature in the motor.
First bring piston #1 to TDC on the compression stroke... air will be pushed out the spark plug hole as the piston comes up. It is important to ensure you are on the compression stroke not the exhaust stroke.
Then insert the distributor so that the rotor points a the #1 post on the cap when fully seated. This may take several tries since the rotor turns as the drive gear engages the cam but it's has to be right.
With that done the motor should fire up, you still have to set base timing but it's easier to do that with some temperature in the motor.
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That means the distributor is incorrectly installed.
First bring piston #1 to TDC on the compression stroke... air will be pushed out the spark plug hole as the piston comes up. It is important to ensure you are on the compression stroke not the exhaust stroke.
Then insert the distributor so that the rotor points a the #1 post on the cap when fully seated. This may take several tries since the rotor turns as the drive gear engages the cam but it's has to be right.
With that done the motor should fire up, you still have to set base timing but it's easier to do that with some temperature in the motor.
First bring piston #1 to TDC on the compression stroke... air will be pushed out the spark plug hole as the piston comes up. It is important to ensure you are on the compression stroke not the exhaust stroke.
Then insert the distributor so that the rotor points a the #1 post on the cap when fully seated. This may take several tries since the rotor turns as the drive gear engages the cam but it's has to be right.
With that done the motor should fire up, you still have to set base timing but it's easier to do that with some temperature in the motor.
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Absolutely not. You still have something wrong. Carb or EFI it should still start. I have a feeling that the speed density computer isn’t going to like that camshaft.