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34 fordor owner · 11-23-2024, 01:45 PM

Hello all, I have a few other posts chasing the same issues that I’m about to go through again here maybe some will have some new ideas.
I have a 1934 flatty sedan that I had running recently in the past with some backfiring. It still has a rebuilt distributor that’s it has ran on great and a rebuilt carb. It will not start again now. In my trouble shooting I found it has 6.4 volts from the battery and following through to the output of the resistor it had 2.3 volts, big drop but it still had spark but would not sputter or try to start with starter fluid either. So, I put a hot wire from the input side of the resistor to the coil to bypass this giving me 4.5 volt to the coil. Tried starting again got spark but still no starting but it will backfire through the tailpipe like it has been. I’m not quite sure where to go now with it having spark but still not starting only backfiring a bit. Is it possible it might need a new condenser?? Any ideas or suggestions I’ll take. I plan to rebuild this car sometime in the future but now it would be cool to here her run again off of what she has.

11-23-2024, 01:45 PM	#1
34 fordor owner Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Alamance NC Posts: 138	Chasing same issues again any ideas? ‘34 Hello all, I have a few other posts chasing the same issues that I’m about to go through again here maybe some will have some new ideas. I have a 1934 flatty sedan that I had running recently in the past with some backfiring. It still has a rebuilt distributor that’s it has ran on great and a rebuilt carb. It will not start again now. In my trouble shooting I found it has 6.4 volts from the battery and following through to the output of the resistor it had 2.3 volts, big drop but it still had spark but would not sputter or try to start with starter fluid either. So, I put a hot wire from the input side of the resistor to the coil to bypass this giving me 4.5 volt to the coil. Tried starting again got spark but still no starting but it will backfire through the tailpipe like it has been. I’m not quite sure where to go now with it having spark but still not starting only backfiring a bit. Is it possible it might need a new condenser?? Any ideas or suggestions I’ll take. I plan to rebuild this car sometime in the future but now it would be cool to here her run again off of what she has.