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my67c20 · 03-09-2004, 06:21 PM

If it ran before you worked on it odds are nothing would have just gone bad unless electrical stuff corroded or rodents. Are you 100 % sure that you have 12 volts going to the distributor while cranking? How did you check this? Have you tryed to run a wire from the battery to the dist? Did you have the same results? At this point timing is really not an issue, getting the spark is. How is the charge on your battery? Remember if the battery is low it will still crank a motor but will not have enough amps to create that spark and HEI likes good amps. Looking back at you earlier posts you mentioned that it was hard to start after it warmed up. Could be a a sign of a bad alternator or bad engine to frame ground. Check your engine ground cable remove it and clean both surfaces with sandpaper. Same at the battery. Also do as someone else mentioned use a spark plug to check for spark. If you have a bad engine to frame ground trying a screwdriver to the wheel well would do you no good. Clean a spot off the manifold and lay it down there. Also one other thing to consider is the condition of the gas. Bad gas can happen from something sitting.

03-09-2004, 06:21 PM	#9
my67c20 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Tucson AZ by way of WI & CA Posts: 517	If it ran before you worked on it odds are nothing would have just gone bad unless electrical stuff corroded or rodents. Are you 100 % sure that you have 12 volts going to the distributor while cranking? How did you check this? Have you tryed to run a wire from the battery to the dist? Did you have the same results? At this point timing is really not an issue, getting the spark is. How is the charge on your battery? Remember if the battery is low it will still crank a motor but will not have enough amps to create that spark and HEI likes good amps. Looking back at you earlier posts you mentioned that it was hard to start after it warmed up. Could be a a sign of a bad alternator or bad engine to frame ground. Check your engine ground cable remove it and clean both surfaces with sandpaper. Same at the battery. Also do as someone else mentioned use a spark plug to check for spark. If you have a bad engine to frame ground trying a screwdriver to the wheel well would do you no good. Clean a spot off the manifold and lay it down there. Also one other thing to consider is the condition of the gas. Bad gas can happen from something sitting.