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Old August 21st, 2017, 03:57 PM
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Default Re: Won't start

Possibles:

1. You did not say condenser. They can be bad right out of the box. Points can be too.
2. You left off the rotor?
3. Points are not really .016. Recheck. Follower must be on tip of lobe on distributor shaft when checking points.
4. I'm sure you have the correct firing order but maybe not starting at actual no. 1 on distributor. Can't go by a picture, must verify TDC on the compression stroke of No. 1. You didn't remove distributor, did you?
5. Do you or do you not have good strong spark now?
6. You must have 12V to coil during cranking and after cranking.
7. Some folks buy the wrong spark plugs.
8. Check to see that the Chinese points have their "contact pads" concentric and parallel.
9. Make sure you see the rotor turning with cap off.
10. Make sure you didn't forget that you did something else innocently and forgot. Like leave a hot wire off...or a ground wire off.
11. Choke stuck on.
12. You are out of gas.

Last edited by AZKen; August 21st, 2017 at 04:06 PM.
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