After dropping everything in and putting the underside together, the time has come at last to fire her up.
eventually I'll figure it out but i'm sure people out there can make this more efficient. The first few turns revealed to me and the entire neighborhood that the distributor was 180 degrees off as fuel filled the cylinders and backfired with a super loud, ear ringing bang. After sorting out the timing I have it set by the book at 7 degrees BTDC (the BB). The distributor is pointing in the right direction, more or less. I fed the carb a little fuel and got her rumbling a little and it wants to start, but it's not quite turning over.
I'm pretty sure i have the ignition coil wired correctly, but wondering if the carb reservoir needs to be full (til I can see it through the view port?) or if the cut off solenoid is activated or deactivated with power. I'll take any hints... Will be trying again tomorrow.
eventually I'll figure it out but i'm sure people out there can make this more efficient. The first few turns revealed to me and the entire neighborhood that the distributor was 180 degrees off as fuel filled the cylinders and backfired with a super loud, ear ringing bang. After sorting out the timing I have it set by the book at 7 degrees BTDC (the BB). The distributor is pointing in the right direction, more or less. I fed the carb a little fuel and got her rumbling a little and it wants to start, but it's not quite turning over.
I'm pretty sure i have the ignition coil wired correctly, but wondering if the carb reservoir needs to be full (til I can see it through the view port?) or if the cut off solenoid is activated or deactivated with power. I'll take any hints... Will be trying again tomorrow.
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