New engine, won't run!

[68 TT]

Originally Posted by brothers69c-10

Thought about the timing gears being off. Going to pull the valve cover off and watch the valves when the piston is coming up to check that and see where the distributor is. I don't think there is water in the gas as i stopped and put gas in the truck right before i changed the motors and its only been sitting 3 weeks. I might try the oil in the cylinder trick. We did put a bunch of superlube down the cylinders before we put the motor in the truck and turned it over by hand to make sure it still turned since its been sitting a while.

That superlube might have been too thin to oil up the rings. A little motor oil won't hurt anything. It will just smoke a bit until it burns off.

It's possible the timing set got put in with the dots incorrectly oriented. Some engines set the dots both facing up and some point the dots together in the middle. Maybe the mechanic who put it together used the wrong method. Only way to tell it to pull the timing cover off. Chevy V-8's put the dots together in the middle.