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Can't Get It To Run

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Hello there, I am new to this forum but was looking for some insight on this issue.

I have a '65 C code and it ran awesome, then one day it started sputtering and coughing. Almost violating shaking. I thought it was fuel related. So I attacked the fuel side first.

Here is what I did so far;

Rebuilt carb- didn't work

Replaced carb-didn't work

Replaced coil- didn't work

Replaced the condenser in the distributor- didn't work

Did a compression test- all good, got 130 to 150 PSI on all cylinders

Replaced plugs and plug wires

Verified I have spark

Disconnected the fuel pump from the carb thinking it was giving it too much pressure

I think it is getting too much fuel somehow.

Here are some pictures after I took when the carb was off today
 

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https://photos.app.goo.gl/evbvZjWViSF8fX4F2
 

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Sounds like your timing is out. If you have fuel and spark, it should run. If the spark is at the wrong time..... not so much.
Check timing/timing chain, perhaps jumped a tooth or two
 
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I once had the roll pin in the drive gear shear on the distributor ,it spun the gear .took a while to figure it out . I grabbed the rotor inside the cap and it turned ,that was how i fugured it out. It is possible the timing jumped a tooth ,is there a lot of miles on the motor ?
 
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