Originally posted by Leiscustoms
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Listening to your car "try" to start would be absolutely no help in troubleshooting your starting problem...... Both fuel and spark issues can make a "trying to start" sound when you crank your engine over...
I understand that you are frustrated because you do not have alot of experience with this type of thing... The secret is to stay focused on one thing at a time.. Eliminate that as a possible problem and move on... You should still be on your carb and likely wet plugs...
If it makes you feel better, you can take the 5 minutes it takes and check your base timing... Align your distributor rotor with the #1 cyl plug wire distributor cap post by turning your engine over clockwise by hand, or if you have a friend you can bump it over until it gets close then turn the rest of the way by hand. Your timing pointer should be generally close to 10 degrees BTDC on your dampener. Anywhere from 5 to 15 is the range that you could expect it to be. If it is, then forget about timing including timing chain/gears etc being an issue...
If someone told you that the carb was good, but it actually only did a fountain imitation, they were wrong..... A mechanical pump is not going to push fuel past your needle/seat....
You need to focus on your carb problem first. Could it also be one of the other 1.2K things which "could" prevent an engine from starting? Maybe, but it is usually something very simple. Don't ignore the obvious ...
The fuel coming from your carb is the obvious.. If fuel is coming from the vents in your carb, then your plugs are likely soaked. That is why I suggest just buying new plugs....
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