I think you nailed it right off the bat with the intake leak.
--- On Wed, 1/28/09, Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net> wrote:
> From: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
> Subject: [Spridgets] Still no Start
> To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 8:26 PM
> After about 10 hours working on this car, it still only runs
> for a second or 2 then quits.
>
> Nothing is hooked up yet except a wire from the battery to
> the hot side of the coil and from the coil to the dizzy.
> I have tried 3 different dizzys, checked em all out too.
> One came out of a running car.
> 2 sets of carbs, parts from both sets in a mix match, same
> problem.
> 3 different sets of plugs, different brands too, new, used,
> no change.
> There is no water system hooked up yet so it is NOT getting
> wet.
> The compression across the cyls is 175 PSI each.
> Valves were at .012 cold, now at .018 cold, yeah it
> doesn't run long enough to even get warm.
> No change.
> I have blown thru the jets into the floats, they are clear.
> The fuel system is not yet hooked up. Floats are 3/4 full
> with gas via a jar.
> I have used this method hundreds of times to see what I
> have, it works.
> Now I have replaced the coil with the 3rd one, all non
> ballast and again, no change.
> It fires and goes Brmmmmm and dies.
> idle, fast idle, 1/2 throttle, no change other than faster
> rpms when it runs for that second.
> The timing is close, a 1/4" forward and it kicks back,
> a 1/4 " back and it has a hard time firing.
> I also tried a few different caps, rotors, and wire sets.
> There is NOTHING wrong short of like Brian said, it needs
> an exorcism.
> Oh when it does run for the split second, it runs very well
> I just need to keep it running for a minute or two
> so I can get the carbs close and look at the oil pressure
> gauge.
> It's grounded, new battery, fresh gas, points dead on,
> plugs gapped to .025, also tried .030
>
> -- Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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