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    Engine Struggling with the rebuild

    How do I check the starter? That is one thing we haven't tried, I tried rewiring for a 351 cam after talking to an old mustang guy in town and that got us a little closer it feels. I think the rockers are good, but again, how do I check to see if I overtightened them? Thanks for all the great...
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    Engine Struggling with the rebuild

    Some great suggestions all around. We are getting some blowback, so we are thinking timing. We put a pressure guage on the fuel pump, so we know we have pressure and we are getting fuel into the carb. We've quadruple checked the wire order (actually, we recount them almost every other day) The...
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    Engine Struggling with the rebuild

    I just finished rebuilding a 289 for a '67 coupe and the darned thing won't catch when I start it. We have gone back over the wires (getting spark), the firing order order(tried it a 180, just in case), check TDC 10 times (checking valves as well) tried two different carburetors ( the original...