[Bricklin] Car will not start. Any suggestions

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Have you checked the compression with a guage or just think it is o/k. A
little tight on the valves will make a huge difference..
You have not mentioned fuel.. Tried dumping an ounce of gas down the carb?
Check for spark at the spark plug?
Double check plug wires on correctly? Have you checked your pushrods for
straightness after the problem with the rockers?
Does it backfire or sputter?




-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Schroeder <gschroeder at comcast.net>
To: Bricklin at autox.team.net
Sent: Wed, Apr 28, 2010 5:24 pm
Subject: [Bricklin] Car will not start. Any suggestions




I finished redoing the rocker studs with Permatex Red a couple of days ago.  I
go to start the car and it just cranks.  Looks like I am getting fuel and
compression, but it does not appear to be getting enough spark.  Everything
was good a couple of days ago except for some flopping rockers which prompted
me to go through all the rocker studs to make sure they were tight and
hopefull will stay that way.  I am getting 12 volts at the coil, the starter
is cranking,   I remove the coil wire from the distributor and I can see
spark, the distributor is rotating.  The pistons are moving.  I have swapped
the coil wire from another car to see if the level of spark is the same.  I
have also swappd out to an old coil and it acts the same.  I have checked the
fuses and they appear to be OK.  Battery is fulling charged.

Any suggestions?  I believe I am past a fusible link issue since the starter
is turning the motor over.

Greg 0036
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