Engine not starting - checked everything - no more idea

SOLVED: Re: Engine not starting - checked everything - no more idea

Hi guys,

first i want to say thank you for all your time and your input.

@Boston Bruce: The picture is great.

So now the good news. About 1 hour ago the engine started.

Today i made all that what you said and found that the spark plug on number 1 have no spark. changed it to another cylinder - no spark. Changed the plug - no spark.

Changed the "Spark plug connector wire" and the spark was there. Dont know what can break down on a copper stripe....

After that i again checked TDC (yes the correct stroke) with an dial gauge through the spark plug hole. Top!

changed the distributor housing with a new one, attached the airfilter and put in some starting fluid.

After some revolutions - the engine runs.

Hope tommorow again

Once again i cant say - its so fine with the help from all of you.

Here in germany it is very hard to get help.

Stay healthy / happy easter :)

Your Michael

Hope i can also help onetime :rolleyes:

Pictures of my Ford Model T with the trailer www.velling.de
 
Congratulations. I really like it when folks circle back to post the solution. Helps a lot when doing research in the future.
 
Congratulations on getting it running. There seems to be a lot of failures reported
with the head gasket you used.
 
My understanding is that the silicone gasket has comparable reliability when paired with freshly-milled heads and blocks, which it looks like he did, so probably he'll be OK.
 
Glückwunsch an Sie ! Wie Sie sehen, habe ich Deutsch Gelernter, falls ich dorthin fliegen musste.

Congratulations to you ! As you can see I was learning German in case I had to fly over there.
 
Re: SOLVED: Re: Engine not starting - checked everything - no more idea

Michael_Velling said:
Changed the "Spark plug connector wire" and the spark was there. Dont know what can break down on a copper stripe....

I have seen a breakdown in the distributor body going to one of the plug wire connectors but never the spark plug "wire" itself.


changed the distributor housing with a new one, attached the airfilter and put in some starting fluid.


What do you mean "changed the distributor housing with a new one" ?
Does that mean you put a different distributor into the car?


Glad to hear you finally go the car started.
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good luck
 
I didn't understand the windup on Michael's cure, and didn't want to pester him. So what do you guys here in the States think his problem was all along? condensor?
 
As he said, no spark. He did not change the condenser so that was not it. He said that he changed the housing, which I take to mean the distributor body with wings that distributes the spark to the right plugs. He said that he changed the brass strap to the plug and that cured the lack of a spark at the plug. It is impossible for the brass strap to be bad so perhaps his fiddling with the distributor body cause it to conduct. As Boston Bruce said, the distributor body can go bad. It is possible that the distributor body failure was intermittent, which can be really frustrating because it can work some of the time and not work other times.
 
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You need four things to happen. Timing, compression, fuel and ignition. Check all of the above one at a time and it will run.
 
Did you paint the engine and forget to take the tape off of the intake holes? I did. Went crazy for a week L O L
 
My engine came from the rebuilders with tape over the intake and exhaust holes and i put all together and did not see the tape for the paint JUST SAYING LOL
 
I switched the copper strips out and installed the modern type distributer to the modern style and modern plug wires not problem since.
 
Is there tape over the intake holes that was not removed after painting. I did that LOL
 
If engine was painted was the tape left over the intake and exhaust holes I did that once
 
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