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Old 06-11-2017, 11:43 AM   #21
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Car will not start after winter storage. I replaced points condenser plugs and timed it using the pin and checking to see that number one cylinder is all the way up. I sent the carburetor out to be rebuilt. I have a good spark from the coil wire to a head nut. After cranking awhile I get a back fire. I thinking that in order to get this backfire I must have spark and fuel. Im thinking must not be timed correctly Thinking that maybe the number one cylinder is up but not getting ready to fire I reset the rotter 180 degrees this made no change Don't know what to try next Gas is fresh.
Why should the timing be incorrectly when it was ok before winter ?
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Old 06-11-2017, 11:45 AM   #22
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old fuel
Never had any problems to start with old fuel (even with 6 months old fuel with ethanol)
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