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Re: No cranking with the plugs installed MikeE #1559929 10/05/2024 10:38 PM
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,187 Mill Bay, BC, Canada Gord&Fran Insomniac
Gord&Fran Insomniac Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,187 Mill Bay, BC, Canada	Try installing the plugs but leave the plug wires off. Earlier this year, I was working on an engine with the initial timing too far advanced. The starter couldn't turn it over. Gord 🇨🇦 ---- 1954 1/2 ton 235 4 speed

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No cranking with the plugs installed	MikeE	10/05/2024 7:57 PM
Re: No cranking with the plugs installed	Dusty53	10/05/2024 8:11 PM
Re: No cranking with the plugs installed	78buckshot	10/05/2024 8:19 PM
Re: No cranking with the plugs installed	MikeE	10/05/2024 8:30 PM
Re: No cranking with the plugs installed	Gord&Fran	10/05/2024 10:38 PM
Re: No cranking with the plugs installed	MikeE	10/05/2024 11:37 PM
Re: No cranking with the plugs installed	Hotrod Lincoln	10/05/2024 11:59 PM
Re: No cranking with the plugs installed	MikeE	10/07/2024 3:17 PM
Re: No cranking with the plugs installed	52Carl	10/08/2024 1:15 AM
Re: No cranking with the plugs installed	Achipmunk	10/08/2024 2:43 AM
Re: No cranking with the plugs installed	MikeE	10/08/2024 2:47 AM
Re: No cranking with the plugs installed	Hotrod Lincoln	10/08/2024 3:10 AM
Re: No cranking with the plugs installed	Otto Skorzeny	10/08/2024 12:35 PM
Re: No cranking with the plugs installed	MikeE	10/08/2024 2:57 PM
Re: No cranking with the plugs installed	Hotrod Lincoln	10/08/2024 3:03 PM
Re: No cranking with the plugs installed	MikeE	10/08/2024 3:40 PM
Re: No cranking with the plugs installed	klhansen	10/08/2024 5:04 PM
Re: No cranking with the plugs installed	MikeE	10/09/2024 12:46 AM

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