Negative side of coil is the wire from Distributor, usually on a bolt-lug=
on
side of it near edge of cap. Positive needs battery power, usually comes=20
from a wire going to ignition switch inside or may go to a ballast resist=
or
on firewall if someone used one. You can hook a test wire from the positi=
ve
batt cable on starter and up to plus on coil to run it, won't stop till y=
ou
pull it off tho. Key won't make any diff. It's same as hot-wiring the tru=
ck.
Don't know the story on this truck and delivery, but you may have to remo=
ve
the dist cap and clean/set points if been setting awhile. They sometimes
rust closed or open and don't fire 'cause the don't pivot anymore. Pull a
plug wire and hold plug on engine to see if sparking. Maybe it's not the
spark, but fuel problem. Do you have a squirt of gas looking down
carb-throat when you press accelerater? That would be the accelerator pum=
p
and should squirt gas if you have it in carb bowl. These trucks can clog
fuel lines easy with rust from old gas tanks. The 54 is better in that th=
e
fuel line comes off the top of tank and not bottom like the 53 and earlie=
r
ones.=0D
AND, buy a shop manual and Assembly manual from the Vendors. Join up wi=
th
www.stovebolt.com pages and they have vendor links and many more links to=
go
to and great forums to ask questions on.=0D
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-------Original Message-------=0D
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From: David Ackerschott=0D
Date: Sunday, May 05, 2002 04:29:17 AM=0D
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net=0D
Subject: [oletrucks] My Truck Arrived Today!!=0D
=0D
Hello All, Well my 1954 Chevy Deluxe 3100 pickup arrived today. Sure was
nice=0D
to see my brother pull up with her sitting on the trailer. Well I have a =
few=0D
problems, she won't=0D
start at all. The truck turns over with out any trouble but seems like no=
t=0D
fire. I have now replaced the battery (6 volt)=0D
The coil, the spark plugs and wire but still not fire. I am wondering if =
I=0D
hooked up the coil wrong. Can anyone tell me were the (-) wire goes to an=
d=0D
also the (+)wire. Both wires are total shot so I want to hook up fresh wi=
red=0D
correctly and hopefully she will fire up.=0D
=0D
Thanks, David=0D
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959=0D
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