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08-09-2020, 01:10 PM | #1 |
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Car died, no start
I hate to admit it but I'm stumped. Car was running great, started to miss and lose power, acted like it was starving for fuel, then quit. All my attempts to fix have been to no avail.
Has good spark at coil wire end to ground, show firing on removed spark plug. Compression shows 75+ on all cylinders. Cleaned carb, tried different carb. Vacuum gauge on wiper port on intake shows 7" when cranking. Verified timing, piston at top with timing plug indented. Wouldn't this good compression indicate valves and head gasket ok. Thanks |
08-09-2020, 01:41 PM | #2 |
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If it felt like it was starving for fuel, then I think I would investigate the fuel system more thoroughly.
Check fuel flow by removing the line that goes into carb and flowing gas straight into a mason jar. Should be a good, strong stream. (Get assistant inside the car open and close fuel valve for you.) Could have blocked a fuel screen or some trash in the line blocking it. Check gas cap vent by removing cap and seeing if gas flows into the jar better. Remove bottom plug (under main jet of carb) and hold jar under there while someone opens fuel valve. You should get a good steady stream there. If not, float valve is not working correctly. Finally, don't laugh: Make sure you have plenty of gas in the gas tank. I've had more than one Model A owner call me stumped about why their car would not start and run, only to confirm with me that they were out of gas!
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7" of vacuum seems low to me, could be manifold/carb gasket or heaven forbid, jumped valve timing (cam gear). Just throwing it out there, something to think about.
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Are the plugs wet, or gas dripping out of carb throat after it cranks a bit, but won’t start. Another test for fuel, is a shot of ether in the carb throat. But don’t over do it.
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If you have a glass sediment bowl check it for water/trash
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I was just about to suggest you check that.
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Throwing parts at a problem doesn't help, especially when the parts are left in place ! Say for instance when you used a different coil it didn't fix the problem and left it in place. How do you know the replacement parts are good ? Once I replaced a starter 4 or 5 times and finely got a good one, parts store said we've had a bad rash of starters you'll get a good one sometime.
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LOL, I came here to make a similar suggestion. Was out on a cruise with a buddy and when we when to disembark from the ferry, his truck (stock '47 ford) would turn over but wouldn't start so we push started it. The starter was drawing too much juice not leaving enough for the plugs to make a strong spark.
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FWIW, I recall many years ago, being impressed with the cleverness of the designers when a friend and I worked out what they had done to avoid the starter drag causing hard starting. They basically had two ignition systems, one worked on a low voltage - probably 50-60% of the battery voltage. It was this circuit that provided the spark when the starter was engaged and when the motor started, it switched back to the main circuit. Starting had always been easy but that suddenly changed which caused us to delve into the system. The problem was something else - I don't remember what now, only what a genius system it was. I don't even remember which car this was, we had so many between us and we always helped each other when there was any issue.
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