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Not a mopar issue

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So I posted some pics in the random pic thread.
Its a 75 International COE dump that my dads buddy was buying. Any way they had what they believed a pre 72 Olds BB. Had no spark so replaced points all the way to wires. Still wouldn't Chooch. Found 120-170 on 2,4,6,8. 1,3,5,7 50-60. My dad i thinks its timing jumped, or head problems. Their old guy(as old as them) mechanic said rebuild. So I have the opportunity to take it cause no one wants it lol. Whats the probability its a full rebuild? I don't have time, I'm remodeling my entire house and haven't even started the Plymouth and its been 10 years. Funny thing is pops went to go check the timing chain through the cover no block off plate and its electric pump. I haven't been there yet but I guess I can have it for the price of the ignition!!!

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Pull a valve cover... cylinder #1, lay your finger across the rockers, without looking at the rockers have one person bar the motor over while the second feels the rockers... find the point where the exhaust rocker just closes & the intake rocker just begins to open.. That happens virtually exactly at TDC, check the timing marks on the damper... it should be very close.. If it's less than 10 degrees I'd feel safe saying the timing chain is fine... 20 degrees try the blind barring over of the engine again & see if it gets closer... 30 degrees I agree timing chain..
 
You can jump as many timing links as you want, it should still throw a spark...even if it's in the wrong part of the cycle to fire the mix.

Also, those Olds engines back then were notorious for wearing holes right into the bottom of the lifters. I had a couple of cars (one 455 and one 350) that would barely run until the lifters were replaced.
 
I would do what I could to make it go under its own power with the gasser in it...I’m feeling the diesel swaps have been done to death.. sometimes you don’t need all that and a gasser will be fine. Diesels are best when worked hard for long periods.. but if do go diesel go pre emission for sanity. I just know I can find gas easy and diesel can get a little hairy with small tanks in the middle of nowhere imo.
 
With a gas engine, it's not really worth anything unless you want to restore it to stock. If you need it for a farm truck, you can easily swap almost any GM engine in it's place.
 
Diesel engines??? Restore to stock??? Did I miss something here??? :wtf:
 
Just thinking that’s all.. what’s the game plan? Work horse or toy hauler?
 
Was thinking of using it for hauling gravel for the driveway or stone for landscaping. But it seems like a bit too much work. I have a Cummins and a trailer for that, but the dump box would be nice. It would get used a few times a year, for me or friends.
 
Spark has nothing to do with compression or jumped timing chain. Get the spark fixed, and see if it will run.
 
Does it have a automatic? I don't recall a truck manual transmission behind many or any BOP bellhousings to transplant a olds. international and olds engines have a similiar oil fill tube in the front, and I suppose could be mistaken. If the timing chain jumped they should be all off on compression not just one bank. With the compression measured it should still run...but badly. It almost sounds like the compression test on the one bank may have not been accurate for some reason. It's odd to lose compression on one bank. Sometimes the outside cylinders can get dusted and not the middle cylinders but all 4 on one side? Does it have power to the coil?
 
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Get a pic of the engine and post it. I saw the first post on that truck and wondered why you think its an olds engine. I never saw an olds engine in an international truck. Wheres the distributor located? could have stuck valves. is the distributor turning? need more info . one issue at a time never mind the compression. Wheres the distributor in the front of the engine or the rear?
 
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Looks like a decent COE. I’d bet you have an International engine in that. They were tough as nails, but not indestructible. Good luck.
 
I think they had one in 345 CID and it was in our old fire truck cab over tanker. Reliable and easy to deal with.
 
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