abrush
Jr. Member
I recently purchased a 1970 Bronco with a 289 engine. I was told that the engine was recently rebuilt but it was not wired so at the time I never heard it run. The engine was real clean and painted nicely so it seemed believable at the time. After fixing someones wiring disaster I got the engine to turn over but haven't gotten it to start. We have checked and we are getting both spark and fuel. We have checked the timing twice now and it is correct. However we can't even get it to pop like it wants to start. After looking into a couple things we found that the Bronco was severely flooded. We removed all the spark plugs and turned the engine over and fuel flew out of the cylinders like a garden hose! We disconnected the fuel line and put the spark plugs back in but it still doesn't sound like it is even trying to start. So my question is.. is it possible it is still that flooded or am I looking at another issue? My dad suggessted that the timing chain may have not been put on properly if the guy that rebuilt the engine didn't know that they go on a certain way but before I tear the front of the engine apart I thought I would check for suggestions here. We did check the compression and it was good on all cylinders.