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Flathead Fever · 03-03-2025, 04:41 PM

If the fuel is bad and it won't start but you keep cranking it, then the plugs could be fouled to. When I have a car that won't start, I remove the hose from the fuel pump and hook up a can of new fuel to it. Plus, I drain the fuel from the carb before I pump the new fuel into it. I go through this every once in a while, here. I have something like 12 cars that sit around for years and then I decide to start one of them. I don't even attempt to start them on the old fuel. My dad's '32 roadster set for 15-years while he had it, and the fuel turned solid and plugged the line from the tank. I have to replace all the lines, 120 lb.'s of air won't even blow the line clean. I have the tank out of the car and sand blasted the inside of it. Then I had a stroke and it's waiting for me to get out there and put it ack together.

Squirt some fuel down the carb and see if it will try and start. If it won't then check the plugs to see if they are wet, while you have them out do a compression check. My dad's roadster ran fine, set for 15-years and now an intake valve is stuck in the open position. My '66 Shelby sits for years and then I drain the fuel, rebuild the carb and it runs great. Then it set again and now I have to go through it all again. I was professional mechanic for 30-years, but I had back surgery and I just don't do what stuff around here like I used to, I can't keep up with everything.

03-03-2025, 04:41 PM	#36
Flathead Fever Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Yucaipa, CA Posts: 1,359	Re: Chasing same issues again any ideas? Â‘34 If the fuel is bad and it won't start but you keep cranking it, then the plugs could be fouled to. When I have a car that won't start, I remove the hose from the fuel pump and hook up a can of new fuel to it. Plus, I drain the fuel from the carb before I pump the new fuel into it. I go through this every once in a while, here. I have something like 12 cars that sit around for years and then I decide to start one of them. I don't even attempt to start them on the old fuel. My dad's '32 roadster set for 15-years while he had it, and the fuel turned solid and plugged the line from the tank. I have to replace all the lines, 120 lb.'s of air won't even blow the line clean. I have the tank out of the car and sand blasted the inside of it. Then I had a stroke and it's waiting for me to get out there and put it ack together. Squirt some fuel down the carb and see if it will try and start. If it won't then check the plugs to see if they are wet, while you have them out do a compression check. My dad's roadster ran fine, set for 15-years and now an intake valve is stuck in the open position. My '66 Shelby sits for years and then I drain the fuel, rebuild the carb and it runs great. Then it set again and now I have to go through it all again. I was professional mechanic for 30-years, but I had back surgery and I just don't do what stuff around here like I used to, I can't keep up with everything.