10musketeer
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O.K. guys and gals, I'll admit I need your help.
After trying to be proactive, and solve a tough starting problem, I attempted to change the points and condenser on the distributer. When I got in there, I noticed the points stuck on due to a stripped screw. They look new, and the gap was good, so I opted to leave them. I changed the condenser since I was there. I did all this without removing the distributer.
When I tried to start the car, it backfired and would not start, so I thought the dizzy must have turned some. I tried having my wife crank the engine over while I rotated the dizzy slightly, I went back to the old condenser, and static timed by putting the car at TDC, rotor to #1, rotated the dizzy left until test light goes out, and then back to the right (clockwise) until the light comes back on.
After all this, all I get when the engine cranks over is backfires through the exhaust and every once in a while a bang through the carb (weber).
Any ideas? I'm totally confused as to why the car ran ok before and now won't start at all. I'm getting bangs, so I would guess I have spark. What do you think I missed?
After trying to be proactive, and solve a tough starting problem, I attempted to change the points and condenser on the distributer. When I got in there, I noticed the points stuck on due to a stripped screw. They look new, and the gap was good, so I opted to leave them. I changed the condenser since I was there. I did all this without removing the distributer.
When I tried to start the car, it backfired and would not start, so I thought the dizzy must have turned some. I tried having my wife crank the engine over while I rotated the dizzy slightly, I went back to the old condenser, and static timed by putting the car at TDC, rotor to #1, rotated the dizzy left until test light goes out, and then back to the right (clockwise) until the light comes back on.
After all this, all I get when the engine cranks over is backfires through the exhaust and every once in a while a bang through the carb (weber).
Any ideas? I'm totally confused as to why the car ran ok before and now won't start at all. I'm getting bangs, so I would guess I have spark. What do you think I missed?