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mccsix

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:(Last night at a local cruise I started the puto go home, it ran low idle for a minute then died, and wouldn't restart. Had to get a friend to trailer it home.
Last night, I removed one plug it was sooty but not wet. I looked at the points and scraped them a little. Cap looks OK.
I'm concerned it's 2 things, no spark for whatever reason, and carb not flowing gas, because the plug was not wet from all the trys.
Need some short cut tips to track the ign s/w, coil and wire to the distrib. Also anything to check on the carb w/o tearing into it at first.
Any and all help is appreciated.:confused:
 
mccsix,
Forgive me, I couldn't resist this, have a friend hold on to a spark plug & crank it. If he "DECKS" you, then you have ruled out loss of spark! This is one of the ways my devilish father, Chief, taught me! LOVED THAT MAN! Bill W.
 
I tried to get someone in the crowd to hold onto the "little brass" strips, but old the gray beards warned off the agreeable young guys.
Car turns over good, fuel in the bowl, absolutely no sound of it trying to catch.
I'll get after it today and start with the fuse and dissy plate wire.
 
Try some of this!
 

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Everything is back to normal with a 20A fuse.
I still can't connect the logic (1st mistake) to put a fuse on the starter, that kills everything including the engine, but not the highest drawing eqpmt on the car...the starter....live & learn.
 
The starter is never fused because it will draw a couple hundred amps when cranking over a cold engine.As for the fuse holder,I prefer to use a 30 amp breaker instead of a fuse.
 
Same to me when this happened first time....(lesson learned)

It died slowly and ran on low idle for a sec
(generator helped survive, even battery was disconnected).

Everything leads you away from the fuse, as starter will go on turning
(You dont want to know how often i tried to start with ignition turned off)


The one (biggest fuse on starter) is perfect there!

I suggest to put in more fuses
- one for lights (used to be my prob back than)
- one for brake (switch tends to get grounded)
- one for horn and
- one for additionals (blinker)
 
I second the suggestion to step up to a 30 amp fuse; if you ever need to hit the horn and brakes while you've got the lights on, the 20 amp fuse will leave you dead in the water, or intersection, or where ever. Some of us use the resetable circuit breaker designed to fit in the glass-tube fuse holder.
 
Good suggestions gonna try them.
As far as 200a starter draw I was thinking fused to a relay, not directly with a 20a fuse.
 
The starter is just a convenient place to mount that fuse bracket. It might sort of look like it has something to do with a solenoid relay, but not so; that starter switch you step on handles the full load, straight from the battery and into a contact on top of the starter housing!
 
I had a 25A there on the starter and changed to 20A (which is enough)

But i installed more (even smaller) fuses (as stated above) due to this:
A headlight was shorted and this threw the only fuse (on the starter) i had
back than. Without fuse, the engine stalled while driving in heavy traffic
doing a left on a hugh crossroads going uphill.....
I never need that again.


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Dont install relay nor stuff between batterie and starter ! Things will worsen...
 
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back to the 1st post
"I'm concerned it's 2 things, no spark for whatever reason, and carb not flowing gas,"
I am confused why no gas flow without spark if anything I would think it would be flooded ?
 
Christoph said:
I had a 25A there on the starter and changed to 20A (which is enough)...
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Have you tried using the horn with the motor idling, lights on, turn signal on (if available), and foot on the brake pedal?

Steve
 
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Hi Steve

Ja - works in my car for many thousand km now
Im allways running headlights (while rear, brake and turn-signal are on LED.
I want to run smallest USABLE fuse.

Ahooga is not really Ahooga while engine in idle - besides - no prob :cool:

Other cars might react different .... :rolleyes:

Sorry for changing subject....
Is that you in your avatar?
Maybe pic is older or you really look great for a retired one.... :D

Long distance greetings
Christoph
 
Christoph said:
Hi Steve

...

Sorry for changing subject....
Is that you in your avatar?
Maybe pic is older or you really look great for a retired one.... :D

Long distance greetings
Christoph
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Christoph,

That's me oiling up my Ford before making another run back to college after a weekend at home, around 1962. That was my first car, and I am lucky to have been able to hold onto it. Here we are more recently, for perspective. Clearly, the car has indeed held up a lot better than I have.

Best regards!

Steve

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