If the plugs are sopping then it could well be flooded - try maximum
throttle and no choke. Also make sure you have the spark at No. 1 when it
is at TDC, and the plug leads are fitted 1342 anti-clockwise. Don't know
the Twist procedure - did you have to disturb mixture and timing?
PaulH.
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(or if that URL doesn't work try )
(http://194.168.54.52/paul.hunt1)
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: 25 August 1999 17:32
Subject: Starting help needed - after Twist Detox
>A question for those of you who have done the Twist detox on a 76-80 B or
>had trouble starting a B at some time..
>
>I followed all the steps of the Twist Protocl...all except to disconnect
>the tranny wire...
>1. WHERE IS IT???
>
>But still...the engine now gets gas, plugs spark great and the engine won't
>catch. Period.
>
>Two of us have not been able to get it to start even though it turns over
>and over and over.
>
>
>The plugs are soaked. So...
>1. electrical is ok
>2. gas is getting to chambers
>
>So what might be the problem...too much gas and immediately flooding the
>engine?
>
>Any help would be greatly welcomed.
>
>
>Bill ('76B)
>
>
>
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>Dr. Bill Saidel
>Assoc. Prof. Vocal phone (609) 225-6336
>Department of Biology FAX (609) 225-6312
>Science Building email: saidel@crab.rutgers.edu
>315 Penn St.
>Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
>Camden, NJ 08102 -1411
>http://crab.rutgers.edu/~saidel/saidel.html
>
>
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>of reality, there is a small gap of the unimaginable."
>Milan Kundera - "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
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