Car will not start Think timing is off?

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BEN BOATWRIGHT
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I changed head gasket now my race at won't start at all not sure what happened. think timing is off. any easy way to fix?
Jul 13, 2021 at 3:40 PM
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KASEKENNY
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Based on what you did, I would agree that this sounds like a timing issue.

However, here is a video that covers the basics of no start issues that we should be aware of:

https://youtu.be/dCjmRL3p4Cs

Unfortunately I don't see any other solution short of pulling it down and checking the timing. I think we are chasing our tail until you confirm the timing is correct.

I attached the process below on how to replace the belt which shows the timing procedure.

Please let us know what you find with this and we can go from there. Thanks
Jul 14, 2021 at 9:17 AM
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