A small brass brush like a tooth brush dipped in solvent will help remove the gasket. Cleanup well afterwards.
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... Yes, the clip on the hydraulic tensioner shaft may be installed at the end. You can compress the hydraulic tensioner a dozen times with no issue if you do it right - verrrrrrry slowly. Put it in a vice or a big C clamp, compress it a half turn every minute (or longer). Burt there is no need to ...

What I was asking is, are all of the ignition switch
wires connected where they're supposed to be?

Maybe you already did this and I missed it above.... have you measured the voltage levels at the connectors on the switch to verify that you're seeing the correct values as you turn the switch to each position?

Yes everything is in a perfect shape. I even removed the electrical tape that was holding the wire bundle together to examine every single wire buy nothing looks bad. Your answer still doesn't seem to address what BEJ was suggesting. He's not asking about condition of the wiring or connectors (alth...

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Welcome to my world of the electrically challenged.............

Neil.

I thought you would find interesting what was wrong with my car. First of all, it was nothing related to the ignition switch. During the initial check, the technician stated it sounded like low compression when the start attempt was made. He performed a compression check and found 60, and 80,80,100...