i just got to reading the list (been sick). perhaps all these things have
been mentioned and if so i aplogize. here's my list 1. put a timing light
on any spark plug wire (a timing light with battery and inductive pickup is
excellent investment). crank the engine in nuetral of course and just see
if you get nice flashing light. if you do, you know you at least have
spark. 2. my choke still isn't working on my tr7 (!@#$ fasd), so i keep a
can of starting spray in the car. i don't even have to pull off the air
cleaner, just 1 long second spray into air intake of air cleaner and
vrooooom it starts right up. that would tell you if you have fuel problem.
if is stalls in 2 or 3 seconds it's definitely fuel problem. 3. pull fuel
line off before it goes to carbs. get good metal or thick plastic cup,
disconnect coil wire and crank engine for a few seconds, you should see
'blurb, blurb, blurb' of gas as engine cranks. if nothing, you have fuel
starvation. these three items can be done in a matter of a couple minutes
without any real work. next, pull plugs and look at them. are they white
(as in no gas) ? are they black and or wet (as in flooded) ? with plugs
out you can do compression check (just a great thing to have as a
reference). balance is most important as in the numbers should be within 10
lbs for best. can be as low as 100 lbs and be okay (i think, but the
experts here know better than me). next you can do a static test on the
timing, with plugs out, turn engine with fan till #1 piston at top
(flashlight), balance wheel is pointing at (whatever is right 0 degrees to
+12 degrees ?) and rotor is pointing at #1 plug wire, hook up simple 12v
light blub or voltmeter and turn distributor to get it to just turn on.
hope this helps, let us all know what it was, larry
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