Small amount of fuel tipped into each cyclinder
does no harm or some tipped into the top of the
carb.
Might also help if the plugs are heated up too
so they burn your fingers before replacing them.
If the condensors gone you won't get it firing
have a good look at the points if they are badly
pitted then that's a good sign the condensors
not doing it's job.
You need 2 things fuel and a spark at the correct
time for the engine to fire. If you remove the airfilter
case and hand operate the throttle on full depression
you should get a squirt of fuel from the accelerator
pump if not check the pump and any filter.
If you remove a plug or use a spare one lodge it hard
to earth on the engine with something insulated and
turn the engine over you should get a decent blue spark
if it's yellow suspect the leads.
No spark check back to the points, ensure the spring
end is insulated from the dizzy case sometime people
don't fit them properly I think the - wire to the coil
attaches there.
After that check the floor out three sheets of metal
outer cil inner cill and floor pan all meet together at the
on seam below the car, also check the point where the
front seat belt rear floor mounting is as the metal corrodes
around it.
Also check the negative battery lead where it fastens
to the bulkhead before attaching to the engine
the wire corrodes and it stops the engine running.
John
does no harm or some tipped into the top of the
carb.
Might also help if the plugs are heated up too
so they burn your fingers before replacing them.
If the condensors gone you won't get it firing
have a good look at the points if they are badly
pitted then that's a good sign the condensors
not doing it's job.
You need 2 things fuel and a spark at the correct
time for the engine to fire. If you remove the airfilter
case and hand operate the throttle on full depression
you should get a squirt of fuel from the accelerator
pump if not check the pump and any filter.
If you remove a plug or use a spare one lodge it hard
to earth on the engine with something insulated and
turn the engine over you should get a decent blue spark
if it's yellow suspect the leads.
No spark check back to the points, ensure the spring
end is insulated from the dizzy case sometime people
don't fit them properly I think the - wire to the coil
attaches there.
After that check the floor out three sheets of metal
outer cil inner cill and floor pan all meet together at the
on seam below the car, also check the point where the
front seat belt rear floor mounting is as the metal corrodes
around it.
Also check the negative battery lead where it fastens
to the bulkhead before attaching to the engine
the wire corrodes and it stops the engine running.
John
...that will be you and me both!!!!
