Scott: A compression test is a good idea, but if you have petrol and spark,
(not to mention tounges of flame) you don't need the ether. She should kick
off even with one valve stuck. Sounds like distributor timing might be off
by 180 degrees.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GOOD FIRE EXTINGUISHER HANDY!
Jim Smith
----- Original Message -----
From: <RAWDAWGS@aol.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 10:18 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Bringing back the dead
> My BN4 Longbridge has been sitting in my garage for about 15 years while I
> did the career raise kids thing and I have been trying to get it running
> for
> the past week or so. I have spark, and I have gas but it isnt kicking
> off. I
> just have the split headers on now, and I got a pretty impressive tongue
> of
> flame,but it wont kick off. I pulled the valve cover and saw I have one
> stuck
> valve. Tomorrow's shopping list is a compression gauge and some ether(do
> they
> still sell that?). I passed tractor 101 back in the day. Any ideas?
> Scott
>
>
>
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