how easily should a car start after a recondition

[spazworm]

Heya all
i have a ae82 twincam hatch.
Reconditioned my car and am a little worried, its not starting. The starter motor works fine as the engine is turning over fine, im wondering whether the fuel is getting to the cylinder easily enough.
ive tried starting it, 10 second periods about 5 times, how easily should it start, any tips are greatly appreciated.

[spazworm]

ive placed everything correctly and know where everything is supposed to go save one thing, there is a green connector thing that i cant find where it was supposed to go, it is near the front of the engine intake side, right near the connector for the first cylinder engine. plz help,

[MR22ZZ]

is the timing correct?

[gearb0x]

All the motors i've rebuilt started first kick/crank when there was nothing wrong.

[RA35GT]

yeah same here. i prime it first to get oil pressure. (at same time fuel pressure should have built up) then it starts up as usual.

might want to take a picture of the green connector thing to see if someone can tell you what it does.

[gearb0x]

I had a motorbike start when i was cranking it over to prime the oil pump, the tank wasn't even hooked it up, It was running on the fumes from the air filter soaked in fuel

[RA35GT]

LOL.

I take the plugs out to do it, less stress on the starter and battery.

[frostyadonis]

on my unmolested twinky the green connector is not connected to anything. it just happily sits there
with your starting issue,
first check that theres spark
if sparks ok
turn engine to tdc
remove valve cover
there should be a dimple on the intake cam at the top near the cam gear
check the exhaust cam, if you see the dimple then the exhaust cam is 180deg out
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[Omegaman]

A green plug may be temp sensor, or is it the one to the dizzy? just a thought.
grab a pic. i think size a shape on this, matters for identifying.

[mattysshop]

my first 4ag i did a head gasket, i didn't do the pins like that pic (in at 12, ex at 5) i did both at 12...

lucky there non interference.. haha.. but there is a good place to start!

[Grega]

how good are your injectors and when were they last cleaned
spray some start you bastard in the plenum and see if it fires runs and dies.
i chased a no start on a rebuild i did for a little while till i found all my injectors were blocked. once recoed it started perfectly time and time again

[spazworm]

got it working, found an earth that was missing. : /

[Grega]

between the head and the drivers side strut tower my guide is telling me...