Very good point Brian! I had a suspicion that the valves were not up to par.

I took a look at the pump timing mark and the mark on the pump was higher than the mark on the block. Someone had adjusted it. Is that late or early timing? I lined it back up and it starts fine. It did have to get the air out of the lines. I will go back in a little bit and see how it starts now that the air is purged.

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