Posted by BOB on March 16, 1998 at 06:53:11:
GUYS, IM BANGING MY HEAD....
MY 1950-52 8N WON'T START, THE STARTER TURNS, I HAVE DECENT SPARK
ON OUT FO MY COIL AND AT ALL FOUR PLUGS. PLUGS DO GET WET. NEW POINTS, SET AT .015, NEW PLUG WIRES.
THE ONLY TIME I EVEN GET A SPUTTER IS WHEN I JUMPER AROUND THE IGINITION
RESISTOR, SO I REPLACED IT....DIDN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I HAVE 6 VOLTS INTO THE RESISTOR, ABOUT 4.5 OUT TO THE COIL.
I HAVE ALSO SWAPPED OUT THE COIL...THINKING MAYBE THE SPARK WASN'T
STRONG ENOUGH. I STARTED LOOKING AT THE STATER ITSELF, AND POSSIBLY THE SOLENOID (STATER RESISTOR).
THE ONLY THING THAT I SAW THAT WAS EVIDENT, WAS THAT OCCASIONALY THE STARTER SEEMS TO
DISENGAGE....OR CHATTER. I HAVE TO STOP WITH THE STARTER BUTTON AND THEN RESUME AGAIN.
THE TRANNY IS IN NEUTRAL (MECHANICAL CUTOUT).
ANY SUGGESTIONS, AS TO WHY THIS WON'T START OR WHAT TO LOOK AT???
WHAT COMPOUNDS THE TROUBLESHOOTING IS THE 6VOLT BATTERY DOSN'T LAST LONG
AND THE CARBS FLOODS, BUT I HEAR THIS IS TYPICAL.
THANKS AGAIN,
BOB