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classic car repair · 01-06-2023, 04:56 PM

I have a 1938 Ford Pickup with the flathead v8, it been setting inside of a building for about 25 year, I got it running, start up with no problem, Now if I run the engine to get it warm up to about 160 deg, turn of the engine and retry to start it, it will not start, it will turn over ok, new carb, new condenser, have 2.1 volt to the coil, or 7.8 ohm, When it cool down, it will restart with no problem, run very good, you hit the button and it start right up, but hot engine it will not restart, can it be a coil problem? Thank You

started the truck up today, run it about 160 deg, was running good, step on the gas and it die out, try to restart, no start, jump the ignition resistor under the dash, and it started up, but it tested the wire going to the coil and it show 6.8 volt off the coil but can it drop on volts from the resistor when turning the engine over? So do I have a bad Resistor?

01-06-2023, 04:56 PM	#1
classic car repair Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2023 Posts: 15	starting problem I have a 1938 Ford Pickup with the flathead v8, it been setting inside of a building for about 25 year, I got it running, start up with no problem, Now if I run the engine to get it warm up to about 160 deg, turn of the engine and retry to start it, it will not start, it will turn over ok, new carb, new condenser, have 2.1 volt to the coil, or 7.8 ohm, When it cool down, it will restart with no problem, run very good, you hit the button and it start right up, but hot engine it will not restart, can it be a coil problem? Thank You started the truck up today, run it about 160 deg, was running good, step on the gas and it die out, try to restart, no start, jump the ignition resistor under the dash, and it started up, but it tested the wire going to the coil and it show 6.8 volt off the coil but can it drop on volts from the resistor when turning the engine over? So do I have a bad Resistor? Last edited by classic car repair; 01-07-2023 at 12:24 PM.