At 12:01 AM 10/18/2007 -0500, Greg Schroeder wrote:
>Thanks to Rick at HT Coatings for the clarification on the two red wires to
>the voltage regulator from the harness. I have repaired that and still could
>not start the car so I went through a progression of changing something and
>then trying to start the car. I changed out the coil, rotor cap, distributor
>and still no starting.
>
>I tested all the fuses and verfied they were OK. All electical appears to be
>fine.
>
>Any other suggestions?
Greg,
Let's go back to basics. I will make an assumption here, but you already
said it, that the engine is turning over when you try to start it.
It would be a big help if you have a helper. Someone to try and start the
car while you're doing the under the hood work.
It takes 3 things to make an engine run:
1. Fuel:
You can check the fuel simply. Start be removing the air filter. Since it's
a carburated engine, if you work the linkage on the carb., while looking down
the carb., you should see a small stream of gas from the accelerator pump.
If not you have a fuel delivery problem, bad fuel pump, clogged fuel filter,
out of fuel, bad accelerator pump.
To verify it's a fuel problem, squirt some starting fluid into the carb.
and try to start the engine. If it starts and runs for a few seconds and
dies, then it definately a fuel problem.
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair1948@cox.net
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Phone: (757) 495-8229
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