Check grounds, and do a full charge on the battery, check your cables and try again. It should turn over quickly, if not then check the starter. Miles has some parts for them on his site.
If it started before you worked on it then trace back to where it was changed. Normally thats the problem.
Bill
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> 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com [mailto:2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com] > On > Behalf Of > jim > Sent:
> Thursday, October 11, 2007 7:21
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> Subject:
> [2cylinderhondas] not starting...
> hi everyone!
> i rebuilt the engine in my '71 n600 two years ago, and the > engine seemed to run great.
> then i noticed oil was coming out of the
> exaust, in a spraying manner. i figured it was
> because i didn't retorque
> the engine bolts,
> so i started to drag my feet, cuz i bought new gaskets
> and hondabonded them all, including
> the camshaft and breaker housing. got
> busy with other things, and a year went by.
> battery went dead, so i bought
> a new one and the car started right up. oil still came from the
> exhaust.
> i've taken the rockers out and retorqued the engine bolts, put > them back in, and adjusted > them to spec. now the car won't start at all, > and the starter sounds slow. in addition, the > small coil thing attatched > to the starter is smoking where the lead from the battery attaches.
> sorry
> for the long message, but is there something simple i'm
> missing???