"No Coolant; No Start" Model A Bob Marley

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Car starts dependably enough to drive daily if I had to.

Saturday it won't start: good on starter, hot spark, gas at carb, air at carb. Mess with GAV and choke. She spins but won't catch-very weird.

I had back flushed the radiator and block the week before and filled with distilled water, car ran fine then.

Under hood I notice water leak where I didn't tighten hose clamp on lower hose.


Add 2.5 gallons of distilled water! Almost everything had drained out in 1 week, but dried up on concrete floor. Radiator was empty.

Car cranks on first turn.

Did Henry add a "low coolant" sensor to keep the car from starting?

How does the coolant system thwart the ignition system?

Stumped, but I did fix the hose clamp and all the water's staying put now!