Hi,
I finally got the car started! (Have been quity busy with work...) For those
interested: The fuel pump worked (checked that first). But there was no
spark, which I also checked directly from the coil. Since the coil had power
coming in, I assumed that was the faulty part, and bought a new one. Nada.
After a lot of back and forth I figured that maybe the problem was the arm
inside the distributor that is supposed to alternate on/off, adjusted it a
bit, and -- presto! What a sweet sound.
Big thank you to Doug, Joe and Daniel for their response to my cry for help.
It's summer time!! :-)
Cheers,
Thomas
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Braun [mailto:doug@dougbraun.com]
Sent: 26. april 2006 22:23
To: Thomas Dertz; spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Starting trobles
Does your car have the little priming lever on the
fuel pump? Disconnect the fuel line from the carb
and push the lever, snd see if fuel squirts out of the
line.
If you are using starting fluid (ether) and it
does not fire, it is more likely due to an
ignition problem.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
--- Thomas Dertz <thomas.dertz@creo.no> wrote:
> All,
>
> The roadster season starts late here in the cold
> north, and mine seems to be
> delayed another bit. Today I drained an entire
> battery trying to get the
> engine running after having the '66 Spitfire in
> storage for the winter.
> Previous years it has been a bit difficult to start,
> but today there was no
> life. Tried to use starter gas, but it had no
> effect. Through the entire
> process I never heard the engine "fire" once (not
> even with gas). Can the
> fuel pump be out? I did not smell any gasoline from
> the engine. Tried to use
> much choke, little choke, pump the pedal and not.
> Any other ideas or
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Thomas
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