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Will not start, when cranking it backfires?

Tiny
RUBENGR541
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  • 1988 TOYOTA PICKUP
  • 3.0L
  • 6 CYL
  • 4WD
  • MANUAL
  • 134,000 MILES
I recently rebuilt the engine. The truck won’t start I crank it and it backfires. It flooded the spark plugs so I replaced them with new spark plugs, new wires cap and rotor and distributor and still backfires and won’t start. The timing is correct I have spark fuel and compression.
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Sunday, June 18th, 2023 AT 3:03 PM

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Tiny
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Non starting and backfiring sounds like the distributor rotor came loose. I would remove the cap to confirm the problem. Please go over this guide as well:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-backfires-while-running

Let us know what happens and please upload pictures or videos of the problem so we can see what's going on.
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Monday, June 19th, 2023 AT 1:11 PM

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