I presume among the obvious things, you tested your battery?

> On 05-Nov-2016, at 15:03, Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> more info on my '88 Carat 2.1 WBX
>
> we bought it 2 years ago, not running. We have following done on the engine
> :
>
> - honed cylinders, new piston rings
> - new AMC heads with upgraded valves
> - new lifters
> - new hoses all around
> - fuel injectors cleaned and calibrated
> - new clutch
> - new radiator and rad. fan switch
> - new water pump
> - new thermostat
> - new temp2 sensor
> - new cat convertor and O2 sensor
>
> so it's not the compression on the engine... it looks like when turning it
> for the day something didn't wake up the next  the morning till the 1st
> (hard) start up
>
> thanks
>
> dan