351M timing
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351M timing
I just installed a rebuilt 351M in my 79 F-150 got it running but I had to advance the timing greatly to keep it running. The sticker on the valve cover says 10BTDC but I can't even get it close to that or it starts popping and wants to stall. Also it won't start unless I give it a shot of starting fluid even if a its been running and I shut it off for a second and try to restart it. Any ideas what could be wrong?
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i agree WD-40. i ran my boat off of this to get back to shore after running out of gas. 2 cans of WD doesn't last long on a 460. lol. didn't hurt the engine. that was about 150 hours ago. and it was fairly newly rebuilt. maybe 350 hours on it at the time.
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Won't restart
Originally Posted by john7979
I just installed a rebuilt 351M in my 79 F-150 got it running but I had to advance the timing greatly to keep it running. The sticker on the valve cover says 10BTDC but I can't even get it close to that or it starts popping and wants to stall. Also it won't start unless I give it a shot of starting fluid even if a its been running and I shut it off for a second and try to restart it. Any ideas what could be wrong?
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The accelerator pump on the carb wasn't working but I rebuilt the carb and now it works and it runs alot better. I set the timing to 10btdc it runs alittle rough but will run better around 16-18 so I think the damper has slipped.
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