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May 10, 2007 | 09:57 AM

brentcole5

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backfire and no start

91 backfires and tries to start after replacing motor and changing distributor. im completely out of ideas

May 10, 2007 | 10:05 AM

brentcole5

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by the way its a 3vz with 140k

May 10, 2007 | 01:21 PM

DudeBud

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sounds like the dizzy is off 180..

May 12, 2007 | 01:30 AM

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I would say that either the distributor is 180 off as posted above, or the spark plug wires are not in the correct order.

May 12, 2007 | 01:36 AM

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its 180 off. Remember it has to be at 0' at TDC on the Compression stroke for intitial time.

May 12, 2007 | 03:30 AM

tnau664

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I just went through something similar. Be sure the cam is in time with the crank gear. Turn to tdc, then check the top.

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