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Baz

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I'd had enough of doing little things, so I decided to go all out and get it started.
Bought a battery, bolted everything back on, and for the first time, turned the key....
Lights, gauges, signals, wipers, fuel pump, stereo, ignition, dome light: All good.
~Fuel pump continues to rap lightly~
No electrical fires.
Turn the key once more.....
The beast has been asleep for 15 years and wasn't prepared for me to be the first thing she sees when she wakes up.
No dice.
Not to worry, I ran through the usual diagnostics, compression 120 x 4 dry, 120-130 x 4 wet, plugs have gas on them. Fresh gas and all new stuff, but no fire at the plug.
Figure the timing is out. By now it's 94* and the sun is on the driveway, I'll try again next weekend.
The starter sounded really strong and I'm highly encouraged. She just hit the snooze button.
 
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New cap, rotor, wires, coil, plugs, condenser, points. The usual stuff there, the dizzy is original, although considering going pointless if it turns out to be a dizzy problem.
I did take it out to clean it and put the new stuff in.
Here's a question, is the drive dog offset like an A-Series? I can't remember how it went back in now....
 

tony barnhill

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Drive dog is offset.
 
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Cheers Tony,
I'm 99% sure it's an installation error with something on my part. I'll track it down over the next week or so.
 

Adam58

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You said NO spark? Then timing is not the problem.

When the weather cools off (I understand that part - it's 106 right now at 6PM here in the SFV!), try this:

Check that the wire from the nylon pass-thru in the side of the distributor to the top of the points is not shorted to the distributor body. A common error to mix up the washers and insulators so the points are always grounded on both sides. Also make sure that both that wire and the one from the breaker plate to the dist. body are good.

(On Steve S's last Memorial day run, a Healy 100-6 died in Oxnard. I found the wire from the top of the points to the pass-thru had disinitegrated over time. We cluged a replacement with available parts she got home fine.)

Wishing you hot spark and cool runnings! Adam
 
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