Ok, here is the story. I bought a 1986 F150 4X2 with the 302 and C6 tranny. it is fuel injected. the guy I bought the truck from said that the truck got a new short block three years ago and he bought it one year ago. he says the truck was real powerfull when he got it and that he noticed it started to loose power, then the waterpump went bad and he blew the headgaskets. he got one of his "buds" to do the repair work and when he got the truck back it would not run. he replased the spark plugs, wires, cap, rotor, fuel filter, pump, and air cleaner. I buy it and can smell gas and every once and a while it will backfire through the throttle body. it also has spark. I reset the distrib to TDC, still dont run. checked compression on #1 and got 125 also checked #5 and got 125, so im lost I dont want to tear the motor apart to check the valve timing, please help

 

his bud had to many 'buds' and got the time out...sorry

 

Check your distributer it could be 180 degrees out.Cycle the #1 piston to tdc again and reset the distributer.

 

This is a LONG shot...But check and see if the Fuel pump shutoff switch was maybe engaged...I'm not sure where it's located on ur older truck, but on mine, it's underthe right side of the dash, by the floor...you have to pull off the moulding to get to it though...It's a little box with a red button...if the button is sticking up, push it down, and the truck SHOULD start...this is a longshot, like I said though...