You might want to make sure the distributor isn't in 180 degrees
backwards.
...Art
On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, Trevor Boicey wrote:
> Had another go at starting my MGB project car
> today for the first time. It's a 1970 but the engine
> is an 18V673Z which I beleive is around 74-ish.
>
> For some reason... it just won't start.
>
> Seem to have lots of spark. I switched distributors and
> coils anyways, but there seems to be enough spark any time
> I've tested it. If I have a plug on the block and crank it,
> I see spark, and I can shoot a spark a half inch at least
> when I open and close the points with a screwdriver.
>
> The firing order I am using is 1-3-4-2, as in the manual,
> counting the radiator end as "plug 1".
>
> I have it statically timed to "about 7-8 BTDC". This puts
> the #1 terminal on the distributor cap at about 2 o'clock. The
> vacuum advance points just a little clockwise of straight up (ie: the
> fine adjust for the timing is at the bottom left and spins
> roughly flat to the ground like a record player.
>
> Seems to be lots of gas in the carb throats, if I raise the
> needles they are wet with gas. As well, I have used enough quickstart
> spray to launch a saturn V.
>
> During experimentation before I got to here, I was getting
> backfires when I had the timing way off, so there is some
> spark. However, when the timing and firing order have been
> correct, it's never even kicked once when turning it over. Just
> no life at all.
>
> The fuel is brand new, premium fuel, and the fuel pump seems
> to be behaving.
>
> Could it simply be the cold? It's about -2C (30F) where I
> am working. (semi-heated parking garage) Not seriously cold
> by normal car standards but maybe MGBs are finnicky?
>
> What could make igniting fuel this hard? What could I have
> missed here?
>
> How can I start this puppy up?
>
> --
> Trevor Boicey
> Ottawa, Canada
> tboicey@brit.ca
> http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
>
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