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OK, let's go to the basics.
Was the distributor removed from the engine? If so, roll the engine around to number one and install the distributor. If so, try swapping the distributor 180 degrees (may be why it pops and almost starts then doesn't). If not, let's move on.
First thing to do then is check for spark. Start with the key on (not start), pull the coil wire and make sure you have spark at the coil to engine surface (metal) and look at the spark when you turn the engine over, if not, check wiring to coil, if so, place the coil wire in the distributor cap then check at a sparkplug itself. If spark, good, if not, check inside distributor for rotor and double check the proper firing order, check wiring on both sides of the ballast resistor.
Fuel isn't the issue because you see it with the squirter, the kickdown won't interfere unless it is holding the throttle open or closed, which it shouldn't be.
Was the distributor removed from the engine? If so, roll the engine around to number one and install the distributor. If so, try swapping the distributor 180 degrees (may be why it pops and almost starts then doesn't). If not, let's move on.
First thing to do then is check for spark. Start with the key on (not start), pull the coil wire and make sure you have spark at the coil to engine surface (metal) and look at the spark when you turn the engine over, if not, check wiring to coil, if so, place the coil wire in the distributor cap then check at a sparkplug itself. If spark, good, if not, check inside distributor for rotor and double check the proper firing order, check wiring on both sides of the ballast resistor.
Fuel isn't the issue because you see it with the squirter, the kickdown won't interfere unless it is holding the throttle open or closed, which it shouldn't be.