Re: Timing Chain wear allowance

Posted by Tim Stockwell On 2020/6/30 12:53:26

Hello Dave,

No luck.....

I double checked the firing order and it is good.

I do get spark while cranking. All plugs light up.

I am getting good vacuum pull when I put my hand over the carb. while the engine is cranking.

I filled the carburetor bowl with gas and even pour some down the choke opening.

at TDC where I get the engine where #1 is on the compression stroke I notice the crank and cam "O" do not line up, but you said that is should not matter. At TDC, or close to it, the distributor rotor is pointing to #1 terminal.

I have seen gas getting to the cylinders. I took all the plugs out to spin the engine to see if I was getting a strong spark.
Could all of my hydraulic lifters collapsed? Do I need to take this cylinder head off again?

I could pull off the tappet cover and crank the engine around to see when both #1 intake and exhaust tappets can be spun. This will let me also know if at least half of them are working or not.

Arg!

Tim