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About starting your engine... Better clean the fuel tank and replace all of the rubber hoses associated with the fuel system, and change the fuel filter which is that big sliver canister on the left side of the engine compartment. Change the oil and oil filter and get new spark plugs. Check the static timing so that spark plug 1 will fire at 7 degrees BTDC. Check the distributor rotor with the grove on the distributor that you will see when you take the cap off. If you don't have a book, you can probably search for that here.

Prior to fire-up, disconnect the CD box, and switch the key to the start position, but do not crank it. You will hear (or better hear) the fuel pump pressurizing the system and the FI pump. 15 or 20 seconds should do the trick. After this, look and sniff around for gas leaks. Then with the fuel pump and CD box disconnected, crank until you get oil pressure. Reconnect the CD box and fuel pump. Starting the MFI is simple: pull the hand throttle all the way up and crank the engine for 10 or 15 seconds. If it starts, yippie, if it does not, try again a few times. If it does not start, do the simple things like check for spark and presence of gas. Start it out side with an extinguisher or two handy, and a hose that's turned on ready for action.

Good luck with this puppy. It will take a lot of work and persistence. Check in here to ask questions and update the board.