Head Replacement

Any chance you nicked or pinched a coil wire and have an exposed wife making contact against the head or block?

There you guys go off on a tangent again, better get back on track. Was Mrs. Walker exposed before or after she went in the garage? Joe W

None of this has been constructive, pertinent or responsive to the original question. 

Would like to say thanks for all your advice! She’s purring like a kitten.

   It is so great to get things running smoothly. (my 2A is not yet).
I also enjoyed the diagram shown on the link from rocnroll, where it noted "after the 4-th attempt *!?\\ look elsewhere" ha, and i am looking and have found some Solex clone info to digest.

   One thing i will share is that i normally try (try) to find TDC of compression stroke and in the proccess, check rotation of Distributor. While at TDC, then look for timing mark alignment and if not, who cares. Then rotate dist until rotor points to no. 1 spark plug, ..... follow the Diagram on that link.   I bookmarked that Link too, thank you Rocnroll !

   Earlier this year, i had runability issues with my Ford 300 inline six. The engine would backfire through both intake and exhaust at idle and upon an attempt to start off from a dead stop to accelerate, but only stumbled badly and backfired in protest. The pickup was on the Pacific coast for 6 years in the humid air.   After taking it to the local Auto-Electric shop, it was discovered that the points in the remote voltage regulator had Corroded, and i was not getting a full 12-volts to the coil. ... thought i would share that in case someone with run-ability issues may want to check the points in the external-voltage-regulator.   I was happy to get the issue resolved, and gladly paid the $300 which included a new regulator.

   When you mentioned you had 100 lbs compression that told me your valve timing was correct. through all 4 cylinders that was terrific to have them consistent.

   Len