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She's Alive
Got her running today. Something was off, as I suspected.....
....The harmonic balancer has shifted, leaving the timing marks incorrect. It just didn't make sense that it wouldn't run, so finally I stabbed the distributor checking TDC at #1, having used my compression tester and watching the valve action. It started right up.
But now there is another problem. I rewired the entire truck so the fuel pump is controlled by the relay, which means 3 second prime, the oil pressure switch closes to turn on the pump. The switch doesn't close, so it runs and then dies.
Also, my dash gauge shows 0 oil pressure, and the gauge looks OK. I could replace both switches, but the chance of them both being wrong seems low.
Starting to think the engine is just a dud and considering options at this point.
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