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theaspenator · 02-24-2008, 05:35 PM

A friend and i recently dropped a low mileage 318 in his 1979 dodge aspen (engine had bad compression). What we didn't know is that the crank had been turned with out the timing chain. So when we hooked everything up and tried to start it we got nothing. After looking through some manuals we found out about the timing chain problem and proceeded to tear apart the front assembly. We then lined up crank and cam and put everything back together and still can't get it to start. The biggest problem is when I try to start it it just wont crank over fast at all. We have good spark and we are pretty sure all wires are hooked up but why is it so slow cranking over.

02-24-2008, 05:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
theaspenator Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 17	318 problem A friend and i recently dropped a low mileage 318 in his 1979 dodge aspen (engine had bad compression). What we didn't know is that the crank had been turned with out the timing chain. So when we hooked everything up and tried to start it we got nothing. After looking through some manuals we found out about the timing chain problem and proceeded to tear apart the front assembly. We then lined up crank and cam and put everything back together and still can't get it to start. The biggest problem is when I try to start it it just wont crank over fast at all. We have good spark and we are pretty sure all wires are hooked up but why is it so slow cranking over. Last edited by theaspenator; 02-24-2008 at 06:13 PM.