Starting problems
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Starting problems
Well, the problem is now it wont start. Ive got an 86 f150 with a 300 six, and it just wont start. i was out in some real shallow clay and i guess the power steering didnt like that and popped the cap off, spraying fluid, and slipped the belt off. well i stop to check what happend and when it stopped it chugged down, and let out two big pops. run into walmart, get some fluid filler up,fires right up, starts running like normal. drive probally 5 miles back to the house. after i stop, it chugs down pops again. now it just wont start up. when i got it two weeks before, i replaced the cap/rotor, battery, plugs, wires, rebuilt the carb. when i got it it was hard to start, turns out it was the timing, but i never got the chance to hook it up to a timing light. any ideas? thanks
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Originally Posted by Franklin2
Start over, and make sure you have spark and fuel.
Taylor
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Turn the engine by hand till the timing marks on the front pulley line up. Take the dist cap off, and see if the rotor is pointed to #1 sparkplug wire. If it's not, turn the engine one revolution, and line the marks up again. See if the rotor is pointed to #1. If it's not pointed to #1 in either position, then your phenolic timing gear may be stripped.
