Well I hate bad news, but it's of my own handi-work. The dizzy may have come out when tuning or I may not have seated it in completely from the get go.
Thinking back I actually ran the engine closer to 5 or 6 minutes rather than 15 - 20 minutes, but either way it sounds like the rear main seal...
Mark, I ran an 8 gauge jumper from battery pos terminal to the point of connection between the ignition wire and the coil positive. I got the engine to turn over, but that's all. I walked over to the ignition switch and in a few moments the engine is running smoothly!
I will still need to run...
I dug up my original coil, Ill try swapping it in tomorrow to see if there's a difference. If the new coil is not rated at the original's voltage that COULD have something to do with this issue.
In the very least I could try running the same tests tomorrow with the original coil installed.
Tampered with? only by me.
Blew the engine and just dropped in the rebuilt F. Wiring hasn't changed. Took a million pictures before pulling the engine just to make sure everything went smoothly, but poop hapens.
wow
, all these years I never realized my Chiltons 66-74 manual was wrong. My manual doesn't show any differences for these years so I never bothered to look at Coolerman's files until now. Thanks a million!
ok;
top terminal (connects to coil +, which leads to starter) gets 12VDC when starting
bottom terminal (connects to carb and to Black/Yellow wire (ign switch) gets about 9VDC before engine dies)
went through fuses, found one bad fuse (tail lights). Still can't get engine to stay on.
I tried slightly rotating the distributor and confirmed I have it in the best position.
Any ideas? Points or coil?
I was troubleshooting the fusebox, but notices my wiring diagram in my service manual only has 6 fuses, but my fuse box has 8 fuses. Am I looking at the wrong year manual?
Hi everyone! It's been a long time. I'll be moving soon, so I finally had an excuse to get the cruiser up and runner.
After a long sloooow rebuild, I finally have everything back together and am trying to start the cruiser.
I put gas in, fixed a few leaks and everything feels great. Engine...