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Something beyond Ignition... 120-130

posted by  sdewolfe on  Thu Dec 27 14:27 CST 2007
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Repairman,

Make sure the points are set at 18thou and the plugs at 30thou. Set the carbs at 15 flats out. Squirt some oil in each cylinder. Use a separate battery to power the coil (bypass the key switch entirely). Make sure your plug wires are wired counter-clockwise. Drain the float bowls. Put a gas can on the roof to gravity feed the carbs; you will have to siphon to get the fuel flow started. Remember to plug the hose coming from the pump or disconnect the input to the pump. Choke the carbs. Now crank the car. If it doesn't start, valve and/or spark timing is wrong.

Now reconnect the fuel line from the tank/pump. Start it again. It will probably start and run a few minutes and then die. My guess is the fuel is contaminated. It has been awhile but I seem to recall that the failure occurred after a fill-up.
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Mr. Shannon DeWolfe -- (I've taken to using Mr. because my name tends to mislead folks on the WWW. I am a 51 year old fat man ;-) -- KD5QBL






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