Hey Trevor, maybe some critter built a home in the muffler and there's no
air flow thru the engine.
Naa, maybe not.
At 02:58 AM 1/19/98 -0500, Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca> wrote:
>Had another go at starting my MGB project car
>today for the first time. It's a 1970 but the engine
>is an 18V673Z which I beleive is around 74-ish.
>
> For some reason... it just won't start.
>
> Seem to have lots of spark. I switched distributors and
>coils anyways, but there seems to be enough spark any time
>I've tested it. If I have a plug on the block and crank it,
>I see spark, and I can shoot a spark a half inch at least
>when I open and close the points with a screwdriver.
>
> The firing order I am using is 1-3-4-2, as in the manual,
>counting the radiator end as "plug 1".
>
> I have it statically timed to "about 7-8 BTDC". This puts
>the #1 terminal on the distributor cap at about 2 o'clock. The
>vacuum advance points just a little clockwise of straight up (ie: the
>fine adjust for the timing is at the bottom left and spins
>roughly flat to the ground like a record player.
>
> Seems to be lots of gas in the carb throats, if I raise the
>needles they are wet with gas. As well, I have used enough quickstart
>spray to launch a saturn V.
>
> During experimentation before I got to here, I was getting
>backfires when I had the timing way off, so there is some
>spark. However, when the timing and firing order have been
>correct, it's never even kicked once when turning it over. Just
>no life at all.
>
> The fuel is brand new, premium fuel, and the fuel pump seems
>to be behaving.
>
> Could it simply be the cold? It's about -2C (30F) where I
>am working. (semi-heated parking garage) Not seriously cold
>by normal car standards but maybe MGBs are finnicky?
>
> What could make igniting fuel this hard? What could I have
>missed here?
>
> How can I start this puppy up?
>
>--
>Trevor Boicey
>Ottawa, Canada
>tboicey@brit.ca
>http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
>
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