do you have compression? if it has sat for too long without running to
circulate oil up to the rings it will have crappy compression and even if
you have fuel at the carb needles will not draw it into the combustion
chamber. the rings like a bit of oil in each cylinder(if it has sat for a
long period) and then turn it over without the plugs to clear the cylinders
before reinstalling the plugs.
try tapping(this is not an olympic event for testing brute strength with
your newest latest giagundo hammer!) on the float bowl tops with the pump
running. if a needle is stuck in the seat it should unseat it . but when
they sit for too long it is more likely to flood out from getting stuck in
the open position from float hanging down in the float bowl.
if you have spark and have static timing set sort of close (or right on for
that much ) try starting fluid. hold the carb piston up and give it a shot
in the carb . see if it will try to run? if it will not run after starting
fluid is exhausted then possibly the tubes from the float bowl to the carb
needles are full of silt or rust(from tank). do you have fuel pressure at
the carbs? dirty filter clogged up somewhere? posibility of a kinked or
smashed fuel line between tank and carbs? just throwing out some ideas to
consider.
hope something might point you in right direction?
chuck.
going to go and dig out my bugeye in a day or so for the treck to virginia
beach for the weekend. hope it is just like i left it, dead battery and
ready to go after a batteryectomy :) some day it will have a charging
system????
----- Original Message -----
From Charles D. Sorkin <cdsorkin at ix.netcom.com>
To: Spridgets list <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 2:03 AM
Subject: What's my next step?
> Good evening list:
>
> Well, I made some excellent progress on the Sprite this weekend. New fuel
> pump, new starter solenoid, static timing accomplished. But it still
won't
> start. I'm getting spark at the plugs, and there is significant fuel
> pressure at the inlet to the carbs. The starter motor is turning the
engine
> sufficiently fast enough.
>
> After quite a bit of cranking, I removed on of the spark plugs and noticed
> that though there was some oil on it, it didn't appear to be wet with
fuel,
> so I suspect that the float bowls or carbs might be blocked somehow. How
do
> I address this? Since the car has sat idle for so long, will I need to
> remove or rebuild the carbs? Can I blow compressed air through the fuel
> line (carb intake) in an attempt to open it up?
>
> Also, how should the idle and choke be set if they appear to be way out of
> whack? Screws all of the way in then turn a specific number of flats?
>
> Any recommendations about how I should proceed?
>
> Regards,
>
> Charles
> '74 Midget
> '68 Sprite
> cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com
> Bloomfield, NJ
> "How about we duck inside for a Hen?"
>
>
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