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Subject:Won't Start now
From:Andy Morse
Date:Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:51:57 -0400

Not a good day, since I adjusted the valves on the 86 syncro I have not been able to get the van to start, if it starts it runs for a few sec and dies out. I once did accidentally try and start it when I had the distributor cap laying on it's side, I replaced the dist. cap and rotor to be sure nothing was wrong. The starting problem definitely seems to be timing related somehow.
? I lined up the rotor with #1 cylinder on dist cap and then 180 degrees (counter clockwise) for each cylinder to continue the valve adjust. Am I somehow way off? Maybe I was on the wrong clyliner somehow. My 71 used to have a notch on a pully to line up with the engine to find #1, can I do this too to on the 86?
??? Thank you, Andy (feeling like I should have left well enough alone)