Re: Bad news from my compression test I think....how can car STILL refuse to start?

Posted by N.C.23rdPackard On 2012/9/8 18:22:59

A friend of mine had 69 Lincoln Mark III that had set for 10 years. It took forever but we got it started. Even drove it for a short test. Turned it off and the next day - nothing. Just a whole bunch of stuck valves - which sounds like your problem to me. Others may have a better knowledge.


That sounds JUST like my situation, only drove it for like 4 hours total, wouldn't it have barely ran if they were sticking then or no? I had some folks from the HAMB tell me that possibly since the car had been parked for 3 years that the new gas I added has stirred up the old stuff and "Glued" the valves. So that's two votes for drain the gas and change the filter. Before I check the valves and or the valve sticking fuel I want to check the timing and just check, it DID backfire thru the carb once so it is suspect. So how do I check the timing when I see NO HINT of a mark on the ballancer? I am used to SBC's where when you remove the spark plug you can see the piston how do I know when the #1 piston is at tdc?