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Bustingear · 02-24-2021, 10:58 AM

Just took another shot at it.
1. Inspected distributor and it is the one with the extend portion after the gear and looked down in the timing housing and it has the proper guide for that Distributor
2. Pulled #1 and #2 used a bump switch to find TDC where the air pushed my finger and pointer and dot lined up.
3. Dropped Dist. in the hole with rotor pointing to #1. made sure that rotor was turning in a clockwise direction. Checked spark on 1 and 2 both good.
4. Carbs are squirting ok and while 1 and 2 were out fuel was spitting from #2 during the timing rotation.
5. re checked the wire order on Dist. and all was the same and good.

I am not even getting a chug or sputter . It just keeps spinning around without any sign of an explosion. Suggestions?

02-24-2021, 10:58 AM	#18
Bustingear Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: OH Posts: 441	Re: Trouble shoot 1950 8Ba initial start up Help Just took another shot at it. 1. Inspected distributor and it is the one with the extend portion after the gear and looked down in the timing housing and it has the proper guide for that Distributor 2. Pulled #1 and #2 used a bump switch to find TDC where the air pushed my finger and pointer and dot lined up. 3. Dropped Dist. in the hole with rotor pointing to #1. made sure that rotor was turning in a clockwise direction. Checked spark on 1 and 2 both good. 4. Carbs are squirting ok and while 1 and 2 were out fuel was spitting from #2 during the timing rotation. 5. re checked the wire order on Dist. and all was the same and good. I am not even getting a chug or sputter . It just keeps spinning around without any sign of an explosion. Suggestions?