At 12:25 PM 5/7/00 EDT, you wrote:
>Well, today was supposed to be the day to hear the engine run, but I seem to
>be having a few problems. I wish someone on the list was a little closer,
as
>I don't think anything is seriously wrong, but it won't start. It doesn't
>spit, sputter, nothing. It is getting gas as occasionally it will shoot gas
>back out the carb. Its probably something one of you could figure out after
>looking at it for 5 minutes.
>
>Here's what I have. Olds Block, Buicks heads, New Cam, Edelbrock carb, RV8
>exhausts, rebuilt starter, new coil, rebuilt distrbitor, new points,
>condensor etc. This is my first ever attempt at rebuilding an engine.
>
>How fast should the starter roll the engine over? It seems like it is going
>very slow. I'm only getting spark on #1 about once a second. This just
seems
>really slow to me. I've tried the obvious stuff, running jumper cables
>straight to starter solenoid from my truck's battery, to make sure it
isn't a
>battery or battery lead problem.
This is a common GM starter issue, we use the gear drive on all V-8s. A
tight engine is compounding your problem. Did you squirt oil in every plug
hole before cranking.
>
>My gut feeling tells me it is an ignition / timing problem. I've got 12
>volts on the + side of coil. I started tying to use the Pextronics EI
unit,
>but couldn't get any spark, a bad unit, maybe? So I switched back to the
>points that came with the rebuilt distributor. Points are a new thing to
me,
>I've always run with the EI units. When timing light is attached, I seem to
>be getting spark at the right time.
>
>Newby question, how can I tell if I have the distributor in correctly, I
>realize that it cane be 180 degrees off. I've followed the factory manual,
>remove valve cover check to make sure both valves on #1 are closed. But it
>seems to me like they are closed on both positions, 0 and 180. Am I missing
>something?
#1 fires at the TDC mark and then fires 720 degrees of crank rotation
later. It is a 4 cycle engine. #6 is your matching timing mark firing
cylinder.
Set #1 at TDC with both valves closed. #6 should have both valves open
equally but one will be closing as the other is opening. This is the
"rocking position". This is how you check cam timing.
Good luck
jack
>
>Any words of wisdom? as I'd really like to hear this thing run.
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Glenn
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