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Old Oct 21, 2000 | 03:06 PM
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Once again I'm having troubles with my engine swap. The engine cranks but it won't turn over. There is spark coming out the spark plugs. I'm not sure about the timing though. The timing mark is not on the engine anymore so I don't know what to set it to. If anyone knows how to set the timing without the mark I would really appreciate it. Also I took a compression test on all the cylinders (the tester wasn't the best so I don't really trust these numbers) and they range from 10.0, 9.0, 9.0, 8.0, 6.0, 6.0, 4.5, and 3.0 . I'm not sure if that could be a factor to keep it from turning over or not. Again this is a 302 from a 79 F-150. Thank you so much.

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Old Oct 21, 2000 | 08:14 PM
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Nevermind, turns out the engine wasn't cranking fast enough to suck the gas down the line so it wasn't getting gas to the carbuerator
 
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Old Oct 23, 2000 | 09:41 AM
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