Will not start after replacing air manifold gasket

Tiny
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  • 2002 CHEVROLET S-10
  • 4.3L
  • V6
  • 4WD
  • 146,000 MILES
Just finished replacing the air manifold gasket and now the truck won’t start. I don’t know if it’s the the cables or if it wasn’t properly done or if it needs to be primed before starting again. The video shows how it sounds after I had finished.
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Saturday, January 25th, 2020 AT 10:52 PM

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Tiny
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Hello,

I'm assuming that you mean the intake manifold gasket. Even if this gasket was still leaking your vehicle should start. It would run very badly with a high or more than likely a surging or "searching" idle, but it would start. Can you please double check that you have not left a component such as the idle air control[IAC] valve, Camshaft Position Sensor[CMP] or Crankshaft Position Sensor[CKP], Manifold Absolute Pressure[MAP] sensor unplugged or have wires that somehow got pinched for us. Please get back to us with what you find out, and we can go from there if needed.

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Alex
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Saturday, January 25th, 2020 AT 11:45 PM
Tiny
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I have messed with the distributor could that be it and if so how do I set the timing?
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Sunday, January 26th, 2020 AT 10:22 AM
Tiny
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I figured it out! It was the wire that leads to the distributor I hadn’t plugged it in. Thanks so much.
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Sunday, January 26th, 2020 AT 10:59 AM
Tiny
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Hello again,

That's what we like to hear.

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Alex
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Sunday, January 26th, 2020 AT 4:29 PM

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