Freshly rebuilt 350 not starting!

[Lordkay972]

Thanks for all the help guys. I'm on my way back to OK. I'll have my dad try to do all that over the next week.

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[hiredgun8]

Adjusted the push rods (still left about 1/4-1/2' of bounce in them.)

With that much "bounce" in them....I'd be surprised if your valves open far enough if at all.

 

[Lordkay972]

With the valves adjusted properly it has 0 compression. Back the nuts off a little and it has about 20 psi, back them off a little more, 80 psi. Does this mean anything?

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[skylark]

With the valves adjusted properly it has 0 compression. Back the nuts off a little and it has about 20 psi, back them off a little more, 80 psi. Does this mean anything?

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It means that the valves are too tight.

 

[Lordkay972]

It means that the valves are too tight.

I tightened them in the eo/ic method? Shouldn't that mean they're good?

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[Lordkay972]

Okay guys, I'm a complete idiot. We figured out a couple weeks ago I screwed up the timing (had crank sprocket in the wrong notch) got it right, put it back together, did valve lash, fired right up. No valve noise, no miss! I'm so happy we finally got it finished. My one concern is, before the rebuild the oil pressure would sit at 40 all the time. Now the oil pressure is around 60lbs at start up, then when it heats up it drops to around 10lbs. At around 1500rpm it'll be at 40lbs, and the higher the rpms, the higher the pressure. It does have break in oil in it. Could this be what is causing it?

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