New member, new car 83 245 GL with d24 4 speed manual

[GWebie23]

So I looked everywhere for an ir Thermo... thanks covid... you sold out at every harbor freight and raised the price from those things from like $15 to $50... gotta love capitalism... anyways I still couldn’t get it to fire in our NorCal heat wave of 106 degrees f. So I highly doubt this thing needs all the gps working at that ambient temp... am I wrong??? As of now I pulled the engine and trans in prep for an m54 swap if I can’t get the d24 running on an engine stand. I did find #6 gp bad, looking into the timing, and fixing the shitty wiring harness. I’ll setup a battery and electric fuel pump with a Jerry can you crank it over while it’s out... we’ll see what happens... here’s some pictures...