No start, everything seems fine

91MDS · 05-02-2001, 10:47 AM

OK, I'll try to keep this short. This is really starting to bug me...
My friend and I recently reassembled his 89. We put in a new cam, retarded 4 degs., checked the cam timing, all was OK. Put everything back together, started it, couldn't hold a steady idle, then just died and never started again. We checked the timing and it's OK. Swapped in a new distributor and still no start. Pulled all the plugs and they were wet with fuel. Let them air out, reinstalled, and still no start. However, everytime we crank it, we can hear "popping" from the intake. Could the timing be off, igniting the mixture as the intake valve is still open?

05-02-2001, 05:12 PM

that does sound like a timing problem...hmmm... are you sure you installed the cam on #1 top dead center on the compression stroke? On the cam sproket did you retard the cam timing by changing the sproket position on the cam? are the timing marks otherwise lined up? Just a few ideas. That popping from the intake isn't necessarily fuel/air igniting and going into the intake, there's enough pressure from cranking to make that sound. Just to make sure the ignition system also works one of you could try cranking the car and the other have a plug wire seperated from the plug, but close enough to where it'll ark over to the plug if the ignition is working, a good idea if you try that is to use insulated pliers or something to hold the plug wire, so you don't become the ground.... that sucks, good luck, i know how much timing issues suck (been there, done that).

clearwaterms · 05-03-2001, 08:40 AM

it's alive, we got it running last night it was a timing issue, thank's for everybody's help on this. I love the Anderson B-1 cam, this thing has got an idle that is awesome.

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05-02-2001, 10:47 AM	#1
91MDS Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Westchester, IL 60154 Posts: 1	No start, everything seems fine OK, I'll try to keep this short. This is really starting to bug me... My friend and I recently reassembled his 89. We put in a new cam, retarded 4 degs., checked the cam timing, all was OK. Put everything back together, started it, couldn't hold a steady idle, then just died and never started again. We checked the timing and it's OK. Swapped in a new distributor and still no start. Pulled all the plugs and they were wet with fuel. Let them air out, reinstalled, and still no start. However, everytime we crank it, we can hear "popping" from the intake. Could the timing be off, igniting the mixture as the intake valve is still open?

05-02-2001, 05:12 PM	#2
84stangLX Guest Posts: n/a	that does sound like a timing problem...hmmm... are you sure you installed the cam on #1 top dead center on the compression stroke? On the cam sproket did you retard the cam timing by changing the sproket position on the cam? are the timing marks otherwise lined up? Just a few ideas. That popping from the intake isn't necessarily fuel/air igniting and going into the intake, there's enough pressure from cranking to make that sound. Just to make sure the ignition system also works one of you could try cranking the car and the other have a plug wire seperated from the plug, but close enough to where it'll ark over to the plug if the ignition is working, a good idea if you try that is to use insulated pliers or something to hold the plug wire, so you don't become the ground.... that sucks, good luck, i know how much timing issues suck (been there, done that).

05-03-2001, 08:40 AM	#3
clearwaterms Registered Member Join Date: Jun 1999 Location: Westchester, IL, USA Posts: 171	it's alive, we got it running last night it was a timing issue, thank's for everybody's help on this. I love the Anderson B-1 cam, this thing has got an idle that is awesome.