<VV> Starting 4 year Dormant Car

[MarK Durham]

Are you sure you have good spark? Is the resistance wire bad or the coil
weak? The backfiring could be an electrical issue.
Mark Durham Hauser Idaho
62 Coupe Red/Red 4 speed
On Aug 14, 2014 10:11 PM, "Smitty via VirtualVairs" <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> Smitty Says;   An elderly clubbie that lives 65 miles away has asked me to
> get his car running so he can sell it.  I want to be a nice guy but the fun
> is gone after 3 round trips to get it going.  I’d like to have some
> suggestions or thoughts I can follow up on.
> 60 model with very good engine.  Good compression , Good valves.  Carbs
> have been cleaned and rebuilt and even swapped out for other rebuilt
> carbs.  Fuel pressure is up to 7 psi for the short times it is running.  It
> will start and run for 3-4 seconds and then die.  Not even long enough to
> use up the fuel in the bowls.  This can be repeated any time.  Fuel is
> being supplied by a outboard motor gas tank with priming bulb.  Other
> times  I have used a lawnmower fill can sitting in front of the engine
> lid.  Plenty of gravity).  I Don’t know if I trust the accuracy of the fuel
> gage all that much but the bowls are filling rapidly and and the float
> valves are handling the pressure OK.  The proven good fuel pump was
> replaced with another known good pump  During trouble shooting the
> distributor was found to be in lousy condition.  Flyweight springs were
> loose and timing was flopping all over the place.  The springs were
> replaced. Points were making electrical contact most of the time.  gg.
>  Corrosion on faces.  Those were replaced  Internal plate ground wire was
> broken.  Timing is set at 4 degrees as per the book.  Vac advance is
> stroking like it should.  I didn’t expect those things to fix the problem
> and they did improve it while it was running but didn’t keep it from dying.
> I am convinced the problem is fuel but due to the non changes with
> different carbs I will now believe anything.  Quite a bit of backfiring
> indicates a going lean condition as the engine dies.  This afternoon ,
> grasping at straws, I changed the plugs which contributed nothing.   Come
> on guys, I need some answers.  I’m too damn old to be taking this kind of
> abuse.
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