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Russ..... .. well, ya ain't the firstest one to ever run their engine outta coolant. Recommend you use 50/50 anti-freeze on refillup. The biggest worry ya gotts is a "warped" cylinderhead. I'd strongly suggest as a first measure, retorque all the cylinderhead bolts to 65 ft/lbs in the proper sequence, starting at the center of the head and spiraling outward clockwize. Often times ya ken flatten it out enuff if'n yer lucky. The almost start syndrome is somewhat symptomatic of low compression, and maybe with a retorque, ya might be lucky. Don't be too surprized if'n ya really blew yer headgasket. The next step toward recovery is to check the compression. Don't skip it 'cuz thats the only way you'll know. Dry then wet. If'n ya don't understand what that entails, please enquire for clarification. Now then, if'n yer further unlucky, ya probably "flooded" it. And modern no lead gasoline leaves deposits on the sparkplug insulators and all the sparkies leak off. Only cure is brand new sparkplugs, besides they're not "that" expensive. Check the gap for 0.025, they're not always correctly gapped outta the box. If'n ya still have problelms starting, please re-post with additional information. We care..... .Dell
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