[Spridgets] 45DM4 Re: still no workie...

[fastvee]

Hello Ed,
Sorry to hear about your problems, but stick with it. I used to race with a
Mallory dual point before we started using crank triggers, and setting the
points is considerably different than any single point distributor. I doubt it
was correct out of the box, and if you didn't run through the points setting
procedure the timing was way off even if it was correct before. Please verify
that you went through the point setting procedure of blocking the second set
of points, and then setting the second?  If you didn't, I would reinstall the
Mallory and follow the manual.
John
Fogelsville, PA

--- On Thu, 10/29/09, Edward Perez <eap2140 at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Edward Perez <eap2140 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] 45DM4 Re:  still no workie...
To: "Edward Perez" <eap2140 at yahoo.com>, kk7ss at verizon.net
Cc: Spridgets at autox.team.net
Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 1:13 PM

I'm at the point with this car that I really need some expert help.  Rich and
I worked on it last night.  We swapped out the distributor with a new Mallory
dual point distributor and the car wouldn't even start.  We confirmed TDC and
the new coil is good.  Getting spark all the way to the cap, but not to the
cylinders.  Put in the points distributor from BillM and had the same
results.  I'm getting pretty frustrated with this problem.  It's been going on
for months now.  I had a lot of people give their time in putting this engine
together (NOSHIT II) only to have it plagued by this problem.  I still have
not even driven it to break in the motor.  I'm open to any assistance on
this.  I really want to get this car running.  If you are in the Seattle area,
please let me know if you have time to stop on by and throw in your two
cents.  I'm at my wit's end with it. 

things done so far:

Confirmed fuel pressure
Installed fuel regulator (Weber carb) and dialed to 3lbs (Holley regulator,
not the junk one, BillL)
Replace fuel line
New distributors (points gapped to .015 and electronic), cap, rotor, wires,
plugs (gapped to .029)
New fuel filter
Timing was set (but it is questionable given the suspected distributor issue)
Weber Carb rebuilt a couple of times (all jetting is per the manual)
Float level verified per the manual


Thanks guys.....Ed


________________________________
From: Edward Perez <eap2140 at yahoo.com>
To: kk7ss at verizon.net
Cc: Spridgets at autox.team.net
Sent: Sat, October 17, 2009 3:50:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] 45DM4 Re:  still no workie...

I need to get with Rich to determine the timing characteristics.  I don't have
a light (but will soon after this).  I do recall the timing was "Jittery" when
BillM and I set it.  It seemed to bounce around a lot.  We'll get the light on
it soon and report back.  Thanks for all the help, guys.

Edward




________________________________
From: Dave G. <kk7ss at verizon.net>
To: Edward Perez <eap2140 at yahoo.com>; spridgets at autox.team.net
Sent: Thu, October 15, 2009 7:29:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] 45DM4 Re:  still no workie...

Fronm a recent personal experience...
Does it run better if you retard the timing about 5 degrees??

On 15 Oct 2009 at 18:26, Edward Perez wrote:

>> OK, coil has been eliminated as the cause.  I just put the new Bosch
>> Blue in and absolutely no change to the situation.


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