MikeM

See post #6. Captain Obvious seems to know the story.

The OP still haven't given enough information to do anything but guess. Maybe one of the safety pins fell out of his KO wheels?

dkleather

In defense of the tow truck driver, I had a fuel pump with fewer than 2000 miles on it do exactly what your car did. Once I got it started on the road after it quit and the next time ,like you , after it was taken off the flatbed in my driveway. I had checked everything suggested in the posts above after the first time it stopped and found nothing. While broken down the second time I pulled the fuel filter line and nothing came through while cranking so I knew the problem then. I never expected it to start after being towed to my driveway but it did.
I replaced the pump and then tore it apart to find one of the valves inside had come loose. I could see where it had scarred the diaphragm plate when it had come loose but apparently it would drop back into place at times or with vibration like a flatbed ride and allow it to run. It was a reproduction pump sold by a Corvette supplier. I bought an Airtec from my local auto parts store to replace it and for 5000 miles no problem. Dave

65hihp

you guys really must be lame.
It is very clear to me from Mr. Bond's repeated description.
He turns key to start and nothing happens.
Car is supposed to go, but won't go.

Captain Obvious..




FtF-
I'd be lost without my daily dose of CF.
ps. you would too.

Frankie the Fink

Reread post #9...I guess you think a "..cranking noise"; means silence... Must be tough to be so smart....but then why hang out here with all the lame azzes...?

65tripleblack

I'm so glad I stayed out of this one because I knew from the beginning that this would happen.

I thought that illiteracy had been virtually wiped out in white, rural America.

Guess not.

To some of youse wise azzes: never ASSUME, because when you do, you make an A$$ out of U and ME.

bondguy

When I turned the key, it made a sound but no starting of the engine…the courtesy lights and everything else including radio were working while the car's engine would not start. And, miraculously, when he brought my car home on the flat bed, and put it into my garage, the first time I turned the key it started right up. Not trying to be vague…just stated wrong what I meant about the car was doing after it died. Now, that being said I just went out to the garage and turned the key and of course the engine starts (runs fine).

desertpilgrim

Coil. Heats up & Dies. Cools & starts, then heats & Dies.

65GGvert

You're going to have to get it to do it again and narrow it down to fuel or spark. I had a friend with the same symptoms you have. It turned out to be the fuel pump. The pin that the lever rocks on was missing and the lever would fall out of place and not work, then vibrate around and pump again. There's a post on the forum about it with pictures of the fuel pump with the missing pin.
If it happens again, pull a spark plug wire (or coil wire) and turn the engine over with the starter and see if you get a spark to ground. Also, take off the breather top and watch to see if fuel squirts into the carb when you pump the accelerator. These two should help narrow it down to whether you are missing fuel or spark.

Railroadman

I agree with others - OP needs to learn generally-used terms. "Turns over", "Kicks over", "Cranks", "Spins" mean the starter motor is making the motor go around - "RURRR-a. RURRR-a, RuRRR-a", but it won't go "vroom" and start.

If the car does not kick over, it means it goes "click", or maybe "click-click-click-click", or maybe no noise at all.

If the car turns over, makes the "trying" noise, but does not fire up, that COULD be a fuel pump issue per tow truck driver. If it does NOT try to spin over, that's something different, perhaps the firewall plug mentioned above.

Pardon the attempted sound effects but the OP has provided confusing and conflicting info.

rtruman

Plus who knows did he get spark while cranking ,now he does. Tester needed ,or stuck float .Fix it and let us know.

Gary's '66

After reading 30 posts, I do believe that this has been one of the most confusing threads I've ever read as there still doesn't seem to be any definitive answer as to exactly what the car was doing when it wouldn't start. In post #26 you state "it made a sound". Not to be condescending to the OP but I'm totally confused by your descriptions and, by the looks of it I'm not alone.

Gary

project63

This thread is an all time classic CF train wreck...and is why I come to visit here so often. Highly entertaining... Kudos to all who contributed, especially the sound effect post by Railroadman. That made me laugh out loud..


Carry on please.



tc

66jack

420 day started early...

65hihp

OP's issue makes perfect sense to me.
66jack, not so much.

toddalin

Could be a classic problem.

Owner pulls up to a stop sign and the car stalls because of "fuel slosh" (slightly incorrect float adjustment), cold engine, or whatever.

Owner instantly panics and pumps the pedal, maybe a few times even unthinkingly, flooding out the engine and creating a puddle of gas and an over rich mixture adding to the problem and the car won't start.

Later, this stuff dissipates and the car starts and run fine. Happened to me waiting in line at a car show and ended up pushing the car out of line and it later started fine.

Revfan

66Jack

HA! You won the internet today... on 420!

Heading to Oregon to celebrate?

haccpguy

Sounds like the typical symptoms of vapor lock also.

Frankie the Fink

Wow - so now I'm illiterate -- all those years of tuition money wasted

True - a classic CF train wreck; complete with trolls, boogeymen, bad guys, and the unwitting...

Gary's '66

NOW it's complete!

65tripleblack

You forgot: illiterates and dimwits.