Help before I burn it...no start issue
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Help before I burn it...no start issue
88 250 with a 351.
I just got this thing like 2 weeks ago. I decided to fix the exhaust leak, which lead to me changing the valve cover gaskets since the manifolds were covered in oil. Anyways, finally got the new exhaust manifold, installed it yesterday...now I can't get the damn thing to start.
Is there anything that I might have missed that would be tucked somewhere I wouldn't see it right off the bat? I've checked every connection and every vacuum line I can see but am coming up empty handed.
I smell fuel after cranking, but the spark appears to be sort of weak off the coil. I replaced the coil this afternoon hoping it would fix it but no luck
No codes at all.
I just got this thing like 2 weeks ago. I decided to fix the exhaust leak, which lead to me changing the valve cover gaskets since the manifolds were covered in oil. Anyways, finally got the new exhaust manifold, installed it yesterday...now I can't get the damn thing to start.
Is there anything that I might have missed that would be tucked somewhere I wouldn't see it right off the bat? I've checked every connection and every vacuum line I can see but am coming up empty handed.
I smell fuel after cranking, but the spark appears to be sort of weak off the coil. I replaced the coil this afternoon hoping it would fix it but no luck
No codes at all.
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Going clockwise > left Rearmost cap clip> then #3> then #1
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GOt it figured out. I was one off on all the wires...and my 351 thinks it's a 302 
302 firing order worked, so I'm guessing it's got a 302 cam in it since I went through all the trouble of pulling the upper intake to verify that it is in fact a 351w a few days ago.
Its got a rough'ish idle, so I'm going to get new plugs and see what that does. It's got quite the growl to it when you get on the go pedal though
302 firing order worked, so I'm guessing it's got a 302 cam in it since I went through all the trouble of pulling the upper intake to verify that it is in fact a 351w a few days ago.
Its got a rough'ish idle, so I'm going to get new plugs and see what that does. It's got quite the growl to it when you get on the go pedal though
