[NoVa-Corvairs] Progress Report on My '61

[Bryan Blackwell]

Basic troubleshooting for the ignition is follow the path the spark 
would take back until you find something that works:

  - Spark at #1 lead
  - Spark from coil
  - Power to coil
  - Spark when points are closed/opened

I've had a couple of stubborn distributors, usually cured with lots of 
penetrating oil.  Try to break it loose by rotating, rather than 
pulling straight out.

See ya'll on Saturday.

--
Bryan Blackwell bryan@skiblack.com
http://autoxer.skiblack.com/
   Corvairs: '61 Lakewood, '64 Greenbrier, '65 Corsa, '66 Corsa
   '69 Road Runner, '97 Ford F-150, '99 Neon R/T
"Why do something if you're not going to obsess about it?"
On Feb 14, 2005, at 10:59 AM, Puglisi, Michael wrote:

> Hi All-
>
> Well, I wish I could report that Darrin and I were able to get my car 
> running this past weekend, but we weren't.  It cranked like a champ 
> (one small triumph), but we don't seem to be getting a spark to the 
> plugs. We tried cleaning off the points with an emory board.  We tried 
> it with the coil wire from Darrin's car.  We tried messing around with 
> the timing.  No luck.  We were really missing Curt's investigative 
> know-how in narrowing down the problem.  Anyway, I'm going to order a 
> tune-up kit and a new set of plug wires since mine are very old and 
> stiff.  We'll see if that helps. 
>
>  Before we tried to start the car, Darrin tried to remove the 
> distributor so we could pre-oil the engine.  Unfortunately, we 
> couldn't remove it.  We removed the nut and the clamp as usual but the 
> thing wouldn't budge.  Any thoughts on this?  It's probably the 
> original distributor and has probably never been removed.
>
> We also noticed that the left carb isn't pumping any fuel into it.  
> I'm going to order a couple rebuild kits.
>
>  Please let me know if anyone has any thoughts on removing the 
> distributor.  See you this Saturday at Daniel's.  Thanks.
>
> -Mike