Car won't start

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  1. 98truck

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    i REBUILD CAR FROM GROUND UP AND NOW SHE WON'T START? It' has fuel & gas, it's top dead center and rotor is line up with # 1 plug.
    I put protronix dist in it. She turns over but no start. It doen't even try to start.

    Please help
    George
     

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  2. Dave B

    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    Do I have to come over?
     
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    that won't be nice:)
     
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    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    Are you worried something else will quit.....:rolleyes: Your car is shy around me.
     
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    call me 519 649 1640
     
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    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    I have to find a phone...
     
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    Does it have a full body-engine-chassis grounding system?

    Very nice car :D
     
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    there is fuel and spark just wont ignite the fuel tested all cylinders and there is spark at all cylinders
     
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    Hows the compression?
     
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    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    It's the choke, I'm sure of it! :rolleyes:
     
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  11. Jamie Miles

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    Sounds like it's a piece of junk. I'll come and take it off your hands, so you won't have to mess with hauling it to the scrap yard. :D

    If you've got fuel and spark, it should at least do SOMETHING. Is it spitting out the carb any? Have you checked that fuel is actually in the carb, and squirting out when you open the throttle up?
     
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    hmm do i what i do put the choke all the way down and have a battery charger hooked up to your battery and it should fire right up
     
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    not sure dont have a compression tool but ran fine when taken out 3 years ago out of a 5.0 mustang
     
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    Are you sure the distributor is not 180 degrees out?
     
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    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    It's gotta be something goofy, he's tried everything. We'll see if we can get it figured out one night this week.
     
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