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Dbbc · 01-18-2015, 11:32 PM

Still trying to figure out why the car won't start. The car use to start great and run fine until one it started to run rough. Since then when I start the car it run rough for a few seconds then die.
Took apart the carb, clean everything, make sure gas gets into the carb, adjusted the float. No change.
Double check the wiring, seems to be fine but for one thing. Following Jack Bahm troubleshooting procedure. I checked both side of the coil with ignition off and I get both side of the coil hot. Then closed the point, turn the ignition on, and Jack said the the passenger side (witch is the + side off th coil) should be hot, and the other side not, however I have the opposite, the negative side is hot and not the positive. Everything seems to be wired properly???

Then another issue seems to be the distributor. I get no spark on cylinder #1, #2, #3, #4 get sparks.
Bad distributor body? Doesn't seem to be cracked.

Any ideas and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

01-18-2015, 11:32 PM	#1
Dbbc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Honolulu Posts: 116	Still won't start Still trying to figure out why the car won't start. The car use to start great and run fine until one it started to run rough. Since then when I start the car it run rough for a few seconds then die. Took apart the carb, clean everything, make sure gas gets into the carb, adjusted the float. No change. Double check the wiring, seems to be fine but for one thing. Following Jack Bahm troubleshooting procedure. I checked both side of the coil with ignition off and I get both side of the coil hot. Then closed the point, turn the ignition on, and Jack said the the passenger side (witch is the + side off th coil) should be hot, and the other side not, however I have the opposite, the negative side is hot and not the positive. Everything seems to be wired properly??? Then another issue seems to be the distributor. I get no spark on cylinder #1, #2, #3, #4 get sparks. Bad distributor body? Doesn't seem to be cracked. Any ideas and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.