Seriously?! (Engine Trouble)

[southern_boy]

Alright, I got the fuel pump back on. It works. Its getting gas. It's in neutral. The battery's connected, I have power to everything. It has oil in it. Everything's connected. all the Spark plug wires are in the right spot. Spark plugs are clean. It has spark, but not too much. I pulled a plug and put it to metal and it only arced about a quarter inch with yellow spark, not blue. Like I said its getting gas, the gas IS above the pump. Filter is clean. The engine will turn over. WHY WONT IT START?!?!? It ran like a month ago until the fuel pump got clogged??? The Carburetor is recently rebuilt... WHY WONT IT WORK! IM SO CONFUSED!!! :cry

 

[southern_boy]

It also won't start with starting fluid.... :cry WHYYYYYYY

 

[johnpro]

I pulled a plug and put it to metal and it only arced about a quarter inch with yellow spark, not blue.

Arced a 1/4" ?????? How are you doing that?

Gap the plug to what you're going to run them at. Hold some part of the plug's metal against a good ground (obviously holding it with a rubber insulated tool) and crank the engine. Examine the pspark jumping from the electrode of the plug. It should be blue or white. An orange spark is a weak spark and will NOT run an engine.

I still don't know how or where you're jumping a 1/4" gap somewhere, unless you're talking just from the coil wire or a plug wire.

 

[southern_boy]

Pulled a spark plug and stuck near a piece of metal and cranked it, therefor causing the yellow arc from the end of the plug to the metal. And the sad part is, I even didn't realize i had me hand on a piece of the metal and the shock felt like one of those little lighters that people use for shocking people.

 

[AzPete]

Battery condition???? If the battery is weak, it can crank the engine but not have enough power for the spark.

Go back to the basics.....

Is gas getting OUT of the carb when you press the pedal?

Verify that number one is correct.....no "looks" good....actually recheck it all. Pull the plug and check TDC.

Check the point setting again. Make sure they are correct....not just looking right.

Verify the dist. rotation and plug wire orientation.

I find when all looks good and it still does not start.....I screwed up something and am overlooking the mistake.

 

[cmayna]

I find when all looks good and it still does not start.....I screwed up something and am overlooking the mistake.

+1 Been there, done that

 

[southern_boy]

The battery is good. It's the same battery I use on my Bronco every day, and I used it to start it the last time it ran. I didn't change anything before i tried to start it. I had checked the plug wires to make sure theyre in the right spot. Soooo..... yea.

 

[AzPete]

All I am saying is that if all was perfect, it would start. The only way to be sure of everything is to redo it, not just look and see if it looks good.

You have to have spark, fuel, compression, and air.........all at the exact right time or it won't run. Something must have changed even if you did not cause it.

If the fuel pump was clogged, it could pass the crap on to the carb which would cause problems.

 

[southern_boy]

Did a Coil test with a multimeter and the coil didn't check out the way it should. So after scientifically testing the coil, to my best ability has been proven that my coil is no bueno.