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I posted a question on the other forum and it was suggested I ask you guys the question here.

I recently did a rebuild and have been trying to get the thing to run for a while. Needless to say the weather in Minnesota has kept me out of the garage for a few months but now its warming up and I want to get back to it.

Okay so here's the issue... I wasn't getting a spark and didn't realize this right off. In the process I believe I sent so much fuel to the engine that now the cylinders are full of fuel. It's rather cold here still so I think the cold start valve would be sending a lot of fuel (as I understand it). I have so much fuel in it that it is leaking from the cylinders but only when I crank it over sending more fuel.

So I realized that I wasn't getting a spark and checked everything over. What I found is the distributor cap was not latched on the back side and wasn't sitting properly. Fixed that and cranked it over at which point it backfired. It only backfired after repeatedly turning it over.

I am by all means an amateur at this so I may be completely off base, but I think that the timing is set right and that its not starting because there is so much fuel in it that the plugs are soaked and won't fire. I think it is backfiring when one of the plugs does fire lighting a mass amount of fuel causing it to backfire.

Does this sound likely or totally off the wall?

My next step was to pull the plugs, unplug the coil, unplug the fuel pump relay, stick some rags in the plug openings and turn over the engine to get the fuel out. Let it dry out, reassemble and try again.

Let me know what you guys think. Sorry this was a long one.

Thanks