SO, I'M WORKING ON 1998 JEEP CHEROKEE THAT I REBUILT THE MOTOR. EVERYTHING WENT TOGETHER VERY NICELY. GET EVERYTHING BACK TOGETHER AND IT WON'T START. FIRST I MAKE SURE IT HAS SPARK AND FUEL, AND IT DOES. THEN I CHECK TIMING AND IT WAS 180 OUT, SO CORRECTED THAT ISSUE. STILL WON'T START, SO I MOVE ON TO CHECKING COMPRESSION. ALL 6 CYLINDERS WERE ONLY AT ABOUT 60 PSI, SO I WENT ON TO DOING A CYLINDER LEAK DOWN TEST AND THAT SHOWED NO LEAKS AT ALL. SO THAT TELLS ME 2 THINGS, MOTOR IS GOOD AND TIMING CHAIN IS ON CORRECTLY. FOR ABOUT A WEEK I HAVE BEEN CRANKING IT OVER ABOUT 5 TIMES A DAY AND NOW THE COMPRESSION IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 85 PSI AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WANTS TO FIRE ON A COUPLE CYLINDERS. WHAT AM I MISSING?

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