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- Automatic
So I have at least 8 hours of dicking with this timing/engine issue. This is on my 84 2.3 carbed engine. I bought a rebuilt engine that had sat for a long time and i prettied it up, did all the seals, etc, so i swapped it out and now am doing the timing. At first it wouldn't start at all. I set it to somewhere inbetween 5-10 TDC and set the rotor to the cap to align it to the first cylinder. and then i would tighten down the cap, and snug the distributor clamp down a bit and try and crank it. After screwing around with it i finally got it somewhat right and i rotated it counter clockwise as far as it would go and I got it to kind of run. It would barely run and I would have to keep it floored and it would spurt mists of gas out the top of the carb. I read about a spout connector? Is that the vacuum line going into that thing off the distributor or is that the wiring harness that plugs into it? Do i have to set it to a certain degrees, does it have to be perfect? I put a new timing belt on and the crank and camshaft pulley marks line up right. What am I doing wrong? I can get a timing light but I don't know what the point is if i cant get the truck to run by itself. Could anyone give me a hand? i've read and checked basically everywhere, mustang forums, this forum, etc, i'm running out of patience.