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I take it you mean the engine cranks on the starter but won't start
running. Could it be that you inadvertently disconnect a wire to
the coil or distributor while you were replacing the valve cover,
etc? Check to see if it has a spark.<br>
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CR<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/19/2019 8:27 PM, dave via Mgs
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<p class="MsoNormal">You may remember I posted a picture of a
non running 78 B I picked up. Removed the valve cover, lined
up the valves, used a steel rod to ensure #1 was at TDC,
backed it off just a bit so it was about 10 degrees BTC and
found that the rotor pointed to one of the dizzy wires. Not
#1 btw. The wires were just all wrong; took them all off and
put them in correctly. Car fired right up using starter
fluid, but wouldn’t continue to run.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Definitely due to impatience, and not
following a logical sequence of trouble shooting, after
blowing out the fuel line, swapping out the electric fuel
pump, I finally figured out that the fuel line between the gas
tank and the fuel pump was clogged. (Didn’t blow that one
out!!!) and yes I’m planning on replacing ALL rubber fuel
lines.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Got it really purring on the new fuel pump,
swapped the old one back in and the car ran fine. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">got all the wiring reredone after I
butchered it reremoving and rereplacing fuel pumps, put back
the various hoses and things I had removed in the engine
compartment after removing the valve cover.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nada. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nothing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Even with starter fluid.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Time to do something else. I’ll revisit
this another day and in the meantime hook it back up to the
battery charger.<o:p></o:p></p>
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