Not popcorn tonight, just a handful of almonds.
Me, too..... Whipping up a batch of breakfast granola to hold me for the next two weeks.
Coil's going bad.
Maybe. Maybe not.
Hey Ryan, did you get it running?
Anthony posted:Hey Ryan, did you get it running?
OK, what am I missing here? I have the first cylinder set and pulley at 7.5*, and the distributor arm pointed toward the rear/rear passenger side (toward the 1st cable on the cap) and the coil reconnected. It’s a Flamethrower distributor with electronic ignition. All new ngk spark plugs gapped to .24. How do I time this thing so I can try to start it up again?
I thought I just turned the distributor until the bulb came on. But it never comes on.
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...just take the cable from cylinder one, put any spark plug in and put is somewhere it gets ground contact.
now turn the ditributor anti clockwise until the spark plug fires.
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Jan Peter Stahl posted:...just take the cable from cylinder one, put any spark plug in and put is somewhere it gets ground contact.
now turn the ditributor anti clockwise until the spark plug fires.
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Would you need the ignition turned on ?
yes, otherwise it will not fire up
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I recommend removing the distributor with the clamp still attached and tightened to the distributor. This way, the timing stays locked in position, and is not a worry anymore.
Ryan in NorCal posted:OK, what am I missing here? I have the first cylinder set and pulley at 7.5*, and the distributor arm pointed toward the rear/rear passenger side (toward the 1st cable on the cap) and the coil reconnected. It’s a Flamethrower distributor with electronic ignition. All new ngk spark plugs gapped to .24. How do I time this thing so I can try to start it up again?
I thought I just turned the distributor until the bulb came on. But it never comes o
Call me at the shop and I will walk you thru it.
Call me at the shop and I will walk you thru it.
She’s alive!!
Thank you so much. I took @Jan Peter Stahl's advice before I got call @Anthony.
I threw an old bosche plug in the first cable and turned until fire.
I did notice it would only fire when I turned it clockwise. I would go back the other way and it would never fire turning anti-clockwise. Does this mean I’m timed to the other side of the arm?
It fires right up now and sounds like a real monster compared to the previous plugs and dizzy. But it still dies off at idle. Warm it up more? Carb tuning?
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Warm it up more.
Mine runs poorly for 45 - 60 secs before it settles down to a grumpy idle for another minute or two. They're cantankerous little engines - just like a lawn mower!
PLUS, you've been messing with the spark advance and have not yet set the timing at 30º at 3000 rpm so your idle may be off until you get the ignition dialed in properly. If it's dying at idle after a few seconds it may mean that your not advanced enough yet.
Most of us never static time the spark advance unless you just want to get it running enough to then really set the timing at 30º maximum advance at 3000 engine rpm on a centrifugal advance disti. Once you've set it for 3000 rpm the idle advance will be what it will be - Whatever it is, just re-set your idle speed to 800-ish rpm.
Or call Anthony and have him walk you through it.
Ryan, what Gordon said.
It might be time to invest in a timing light. The cheapest start at around $35 and you probably don't need to spend much more than that for our purposes.
In our fragile air-cooled engines, timing is something you should be checking periodically. Even if the engine sounds like it's running fine, if the maximum advance is much over 30 degrees, the heads can overheat and toast things up in an expensive sort of way.
The distributor gradually increases spark advance from whatever it is at idle up to some maximum amount - usually by the time revs climb to about 2500. That maximum value is what you need to keep track of - much more important than the value at idle.
Sorry if I'm repeating some of what Gordon said, but it's a point worth repeating.
And once you're heavily invested in a timing light, it will help you track other things, too, like whether your distributor is delivering consistent spark up and down the rev range - an all-too-common source of 'rough running' in our cars.
Timing lights are also cool if you throw blacklight parties in your garage. Google '1970s' to read more about this.
anti clickwiesen turning the distributor is definitely correct. if it only fires when you turn it clockwise, I guess you have to turn it more clockwise and than anticlockwise until it fires than.
I think the way you did it now (clockwise until it fires will give you a srong wrong fireing point. So you shouldn't drive it like this!
The argument with the timing light/flash I can 100% agree.
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Ryan, with all respect and looking at your very early posts, I much recommend you seek professional help to solve the problem.
I applaud your effort to get into this but it can become a very troubling rabbit hole that may be hard to get out of unless you are quite adept at such things.
Nontheless, you'll get no shortage of advice on how to move forward. Good luck.
Sacto Mitch posted:It might be time to invest in a timing light. The cheapest start at around $35 and you probably don't need to spend much more than that for our purposes.
Tools.
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... but mostly tools.