Engine no start problem...
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Racer
Joined: Oct 2001
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From: Lincoln CA
Engine no start problem...
Ok, so I'm getting spark, getting fuel and getting air, but no ignition.
454 with a new Holley 750 DP (out of the box) with an electric choke on it.
Can you check and set timing without the engine running? I found out that my distributor is loose enough to turn it by hand (takes some force) and with the motor mounts out (and tranny/clutch) the distributor might have touched the firewall and rotated some.
I'm not even getting the occasional pops or sputters. The motor just turns over...
454 with a new Holley 750 DP (out of the box) with an electric choke on it.
Can you check and set timing without the engine running? I found out that my distributor is loose enough to turn it by hand (takes some force) and with the motor mounts out (and tranny/clutch) the distributor might have touched the firewall and rotated some.
I'm not even getting the occasional pops or sputters. The motor just turns over...
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jul 2005
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From: Austin Texas
Check for spark at a couple of plug wires. If there is a spark, advance the distributor (counter-clockwise). Close counts. Work the throttle to see if the carb. accelerator pump is squirting fuel. If yes, then it should fire off.
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 385
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From: Lincoln CA
Originally Posted by big_G
Check for spark at a couple of plug wires. If there is a spark, advance the distributor (counter-clockwise). Close counts. Work the throttle to see if the carb. accelerator pump is squirting fuel. If yes, then it should fire off.
The carb is squirting fuel into the butterflies.
KALAWAY: No ignition module to speak of... MSD billet tach drive dist, MSD 6AL box, MSD coil.
sly vette: I'll check the voltage at the coil, thanks.
Other friends have thought that maybe the carb came jetted way too lean from the factory...
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 385
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From: Lincoln CA
A friend recomended I open the idle screws a full turn so here is what I did:
Cracked all the idle screws open 1 full turn, and it sputtered. Gave them another 1/2 turn and it fired up, and idled at about 500rpm... turned the dist a bit and it idles better now. Time for a timing light.
Loud as **** open headers, I forgot how loud that can be. Now I've gotta get some exhaust built for it... and then tune it a bit, drive it and break in the clutch and then dyno tune it.
Oh, and it seems that my clutch is not releasing completely either...
Thanks for the help, advice.
Cracked all the idle screws open 1 full turn, and it sputtered. Gave them another 1/2 turn and it fired up, and idled at about 500rpm... turned the dist a bit and it idles better now. Time for a timing light.
Loud as **** open headers, I forgot how loud that can be. Now I've gotta get some exhaust built for it... and then tune it a bit, drive it and break in the clutch and then dyno tune it.
Oh, and it seems that my clutch is not releasing completely either...
Thanks for the help, advice.
