Posted by James on March 18, 1998 at 22:23:06:
In Reply to: 8N WONT'S START 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