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here the problem have a 89 flhtc that had a rocker gasket leak so i went a head and did that and a ev 27 cam and v thunder adjustable push rod follow direction and it start up just fine was pissing fluid out of the crank breather out of the carb. so i found out i had the timing off for the oil pick up (dont know what it called the POS plastic screen) get it aligned and time mark then it wasnt fireing out of the rear cyclinder so i call up vthunder because there direction are crap ill post that and ask if there diffrent size push rods (this is my first engine build type) so they set me straight get it back together and now it wont start at all call around need to get top dead center on the compresion stroke so i do that and still the same wont fire it turn over no metal sound ticks but it back firing out the carb and the exhaust any help would be great she been down to long as is i want to ride
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Coil/plugs wired back to front maybe?
Left hand side of the motor there's a plug that needs to be removed so the timing mark is lined up for the front pot at tdc,roll it over with a timing light might make some sense of it.
There is probably someone smarter than me that will have a better fix here.
Left hand side of the motor there's a plug that needs to be removed so the timing mark is lined up for the front pot at tdc,roll it over with a timing light might make some sense of it.
There is probably someone smarter than me that will have a better fix here.
Last edited by badcooky; Apr 12, 2012 at 10:32 PM.
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If you have stock ignition there should be some witness marks where the timing plate was originally tightened down. Pushrod would be my next guess if you have the cam installed correctky. It is easy to overtighten them, most common error is starting with them too tight while taling the free play out of them. Remember the engine was running before the work was done. Just go back over your work and you will find the problem and it will probably so simple that in the end you will be laughing about it. I know because we've all been there. Hope this helps.
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If you have stock ignition there should be some witness marks where the timing plate was originally tightened down. Pushrod would be my next guess if you have the cam installed correctky. It is easy to overtighten them, most common error is starting with them too tight while taling the free play out of them. Remember the engine was running before the work was done. Just go back over your work and you will find the problem and it will probably so simple that in the end you will be laughing about it. I know because we've all been there. Hope this helps.
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