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Tried to start the flatty today..

Discussion in 'Flat Fender Tech' started by w3srl, Mar 11, 2008.

  1. Mar 11, 2008
    w3srl

    w3srl All-around swell dude Staff Member

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    She just wasn't buying it at all today.

    She sat outside all winter while the garage was consumed by other projects, and I had a trickle charger on the battery all season. Good cranking power, but no fire. No spark at all to the plugs.

    Now I do have spark coming from the coil, which tells me that the Pertronix is still working and I think I just don't have fire traveling through the distributor to the plugs. If the Pertronix wasn't working, I wouldn't have any output from the coil, right?

    I'm going to order up a set of plugs, wires, cap and rotor and see what happens. Fuel delivery is good, I have fuel in the glass bowl of the pump as well as out of the accelerator pump in the carb.

    Anything else that you guys can think of? :?
     
    w3srl, Mar 11, 2008
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  2. Mar 11, 2008
    neptco19

    neptco19 That guy....

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    Plug wires bad
     
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  3. Mar 11, 2008
    w3srl

    w3srl All-around swell dude Staff Member

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    Could very well be Jason, they are the crappy Omix-Ada ones that have the boots falling apart after only about 2 years and ~1000 miles.

    I might just go and steal my old ones back off the forklift at werk... :twisted:
     
    w3srl, Mar 11, 2008
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  4. Mar 12, 2008
    jeeper50

    jeeper50 jeeps 'till I die

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    Bad gas?!
     
    jeeper50, Mar 12, 2008
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  5. Mar 12, 2008
    Homebrew2

    Homebrew2 Member

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    Moisture in the distrib, especially in the cap?
     
    Homebrew2, Mar 12, 2008
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  6. Mar 12, 2008
    lilredyj

    lilredyj New Member

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    Did ya check your battery connections? I had a similar problem on my 68 CJ-5. I thought it was the starter solenoid but turned out to be the battery connections. Good luck
     
    lilredyj, Mar 12, 2008
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  7. Mar 12, 2008
    jeep2003

    jeep2003 Well-Known Member

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    i had a couple coils freeze on me. Dont rule that out just because it has spark it may not be sparky enough
     
    jeep2003, Mar 12, 2008
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  8. Mar 12, 2008
    DanStew

    DanStew Preowned Merkin salesman Staff Member

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    Just come down and trade yours for mine :)
     
    DanStew, Mar 12, 2008
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    blevisay

    blevisay Oh Noooooooooooooooo! Staff Member

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    X2

    (LOADING TRAILER:))
     
    blevisay, Mar 12, 2008
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    1960willyscj5

    1960willyscj5 Well-Known Member

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    Somebody stole your rotor?R)
     
    1960willyscj5, Mar 12, 2008
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    Glenn

    Glenn Kinda grumpy old man Staff Member

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    I'm going along with the moisture theory. That's the most logical thing to me.
     
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    Patrick

    Patrick Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Do you have spark between the coil wire and cap? Between the cap and plug wires? Did you check the resistance of you wires with a meter?
     
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  13. Mar 12, 2008
    w3srl

    w3srl All-around swell dude Staff Member

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    <ties dog to flatty> R)
     
    w3srl, Mar 12, 2008
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    sparky

    sparky Sandgroper Staff Member Founder

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    Hwo did you hear about that? :whistle:
     
    sparky, Mar 12, 2008
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  15. Mar 13, 2008
    w3srl

    w3srl All-around swell dude Staff Member

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    Dead coil was the culprit, it would spark, but not hot enough to fire the engine over.
     
    w3srl, Mar 13, 2008
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