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Wont start, struggling |
ericoneal |
Nov 26 2018, 07:56 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 320 Joined: 13-August 12 From: Crestwood, KY Member No.: 14,795 Region Association: South East States |
I took my engine out (dual carburetors) awhile back to put in a new clutch. Reinstalled the engine and now it wont start unless I pump the accelerator pedal like crazy. Also, the tach is not working which seems to indicate maybe a coil problem?
I am getting plenty of fuel in the carbs and a spark on all for plug wires. I tried also rotating the distributor slightly each way to check that maybe it was a timing issue, but that did nothing. Like I said, the car starts if I pump the gas pedal, but will not stay running if I do not. Stumped. Any ideas guys? I'm sure its something simple, this thing ran great before... Anything else to try would be helpful. THanks |
ericoneal |
Nov 26 2018, 08:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 320 Joined: 13-August 12 From: Crestwood, KY Member No.: 14,795 Region Association: South East States |
Still no luck, here is what I did:
1. I checked the fuel lines to both carbs, plenty of gas from the fuel pump. 2. put new connectors on wires to the coil, double checked they were wired correctly. Tach works now. 3. Set TDC to be sure rotor was pointing at mark on distributes (plug 1) 4. Checked connections on the relay board. 5. INspected distributor cap, all looked fine. 6. Checked for kinks in the fuel line 7. Checked firing order. 8. Checked for spark by connecting strobe to wires to see flash, did not check spark at plugs. Did do this when I was having issues a couple months ago and they were fine. 9. Points were also checked at that time and were fine. I made a video of what is happening, maybe it will be obvious to one of you. Note crazy legs on the gas pedal just to keep it running. POS 914 Sputtering Video I really dont want to have this thing towed... Thanks |
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