You've all helped me get fuel and spark, but I can't get the engine to start now. The machine shop installed the internal moving parts, I put everything else on and installed the engine.
Spark: Most recently I verified cylinders 1 and 2 are sparking by setting the spark plug and wire against the block and turning it over. Both have an obvious spark and the plugs look nice and clean. All the spark plugs wires are now and I went through and double checked they're all routed to the correct cylinder.
Fuel: When I pull the fuel line right after the fuel pump off and turn it over, it's obviously squirting gas out of it. When I press down on the accelerator pump on top of the carb it squirts gas into the carb out of both sides under the choke plate. I think this means I've got fuel getting up to the carbs.
Timing:
1) Finding cylinder 1 TDC: I found top dead center of the compression cycle by attaching a compression tester to cylinder 1 and then manually turning the engine over until the PSI popped up on the pressure gauge. Then I looked through the spark plug hole while turning the engine over manually until I saw the cylinder stop moving upward and marked that spot, then kept moving it until it just started to move down and marked that spot. I used the center between where the cylinder stops moving up and starts moving down as the TDC
2) Align the distributor: I rotated the distributor shaft until it pointed towards about cylinder 1 on the engine because that's where the #1 terminal for the distributor cap was too. Then I rotated the housing until the housing and cap were pretty closely aligned to where the rotor was pointing.
3) Adjustments: After it wouldn't start, I tried using the timing light to set it to 8 degrees before top dead center, but I realized at starting RPM's the mark is in quite a different spot than what it would be at idling RPM's. I then tried rotating it back about 4 degrees at a time for 24 or so degrees and when I'm at about 14 degrees before top dead center at starting speed (not idling speed) it gives the most signs of life but isn't starting.
It seems like I'm getting fuel and spark now, so my assumption is that my timing is off and I just can't figure out how to get everything firing at the right time to get started. I've tried spraying starter fluid into the carbs and pouring 2 oz of gas into the carbs and can't get it to start.
Any help and ideas about what to do now to get it going?
Spark: Most recently I verified cylinders 1 and 2 are sparking by setting the spark plug and wire against the block and turning it over. Both have an obvious spark and the plugs look nice and clean. All the spark plugs wires are now and I went through and double checked they're all routed to the correct cylinder.
Fuel: When I pull the fuel line right after the fuel pump off and turn it over, it's obviously squirting gas out of it. When I press down on the accelerator pump on top of the carb it squirts gas into the carb out of both sides under the choke plate. I think this means I've got fuel getting up to the carbs.
Timing:
1) Finding cylinder 1 TDC: I found top dead center of the compression cycle by attaching a compression tester to cylinder 1 and then manually turning the engine over until the PSI popped up on the pressure gauge. Then I looked through the spark plug hole while turning the engine over manually until I saw the cylinder stop moving upward and marked that spot, then kept moving it until it just started to move down and marked that spot. I used the center between where the cylinder stops moving up and starts moving down as the TDC
2) Align the distributor: I rotated the distributor shaft until it pointed towards about cylinder 1 on the engine because that's where the #1 terminal for the distributor cap was too. Then I rotated the housing until the housing and cap were pretty closely aligned to where the rotor was pointing.
3) Adjustments: After it wouldn't start, I tried using the timing light to set it to 8 degrees before top dead center, but I realized at starting RPM's the mark is in quite a different spot than what it would be at idling RPM's. I then tried rotating it back about 4 degrees at a time for 24 or so degrees and when I'm at about 14 degrees before top dead center at starting speed (not idling speed) it gives the most signs of life but isn't starting.
It seems like I'm getting fuel and spark now, so my assumption is that my timing is off and I just can't figure out how to get everything firing at the right time to get started. I've tried spraying starter fluid into the carbs and pouring 2 oz of gas into the carbs and can't get it to start.
Any help and ideas about what to do now to get it going?
