Does the tachometer needle move when you are turning the engine over?
If NO, then at least the low tension stuff, whatever is in there,
isn't workie. (or the tacho is brokie)
If YES, then look at the high tension stuff.
Is there a rotor?... does it go around counter clockwise whilst
cranking? If no, there's a "disconnect" somewhere... push the dizzy
in farther.
Is it the correct rotor cap combo?
Peter
=
At 12:13 PM 10/29/2009, Edward Perez wrote:
>I'm at the point with this car that I really need some expert
>help. Rich and I worked on it last night. We swapped out the
>distributor with a new Mallory dual point distributor and the car
>wouldn't even start. We confirmed TDC and the new coil is
>good. Getting spark all the way to the cap, but not to the
>cylinders. Put in the points distributor from BillM and had the
>same results. I'm getting pretty frustrated with this
>problem. It's been going on for months now. I had a lot of people
>give their time in putting this engine together (NOSHIT II) only to
>have it plagued by this problem. I still have not even driven it to
>break in the motor. I'm open to any assistance on this. I really
>want to get this car running. If you are in the Seattle area,
>please let me know if you have time to stop on by and throw in your
>two cents. I'm at my wit's end with it.
>
>things done so far:
>
>Confirmed fuel pressure
>Installed fuel regulator (Weber carb) and dialed to 3lbs (Holley
>regulator, not the junk one, BillL)
>Replace fuel line
>New distributors (points gapped to .015 and electronic), cap, rotor,
>wires, plugs (gapped to .029)
>New fuel filter
>Timing was set (but it is questionable given the suspected distributor issue)
>Weber Carb rebuilt a couple of times (all jetting is per the manual)
>Float level verified per the manual
>
>
>Thanks guys.....Ed
>
>
>________________________________
>From: Edward Perez <eap2140@yahoo.com>
>To: kk7ss@verizon.net
>Cc: Spridgets@autox.team.net
>Sent: Sat, October 17, 2009 3:50:15 PM
>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] 45DM4 Re: still no workie...
>
>I need to get with Rich to determine the timing characteristics. I
>don't have a light (but will soon after this). I do recall the
>timing was "Jittery" when BillM and I set it. It seemed to bounce
>around a lot. We'll get the light on it soon and report
>back. Thanks for all the help, guys.
>
>Edward
>
>
>
>
>________________________________
>From: Dave G. <kk7ss@verizon.net>
>To: Edward Perez <eap2140@yahoo.com>; spridgets@autox.team.net
>Sent: Thu, October 15, 2009 7:29:42 PM
>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] 45DM4 Re: still no workie...
>
>Fronm a recent personal experience...
>Does it run better if you retard the timing about 5 degrees??
>
>On 15 Oct 2009 at 18:26, Edward Perez wrote:
>
> >> OK, coil has been eliminated as the cause. I just put the new Bosch
> >> Blue in and absolutely no change to the situation.
>
>
>--
>Dave G. KK7SS Richland, WA
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