no start (is there no end?)

[chuglife]

seems i can't catch a break here...

went out to the truck the other morning, happy because i was about to continue my not-late-for-work streak of about a week. all i get from the cruiser is cranking. it caught a few times, but never actually ran. had to take the car.

so i get to work, (late), and think about what the problem could be... nothing comes up. ran fine the night before, half tank of gas... what else could it be? i got home and checked it out with help from my neighbour. determined i'm getting spark at the coil, then determined i'm getting spark at the dizzy, then determined i'm getting fuel to the carb, so my mind clicks it's flooded! thinking i had just figured it out, i went to the gym for a couple hours, and came back hoping the fuel had evaporated.

i didn't stop to think that it had all day to evaporate... or stop to check if the plugs were wet (i'll assume thats a good method, its the advice i've gotten from people and its worked for me in the past, maybe i'm wrong?) after a 3rd session of cranking, this time with jumpers, i pull the front plug and see that its dry... leading me to believe it's not flooded? if i'm getting fuel and spark, what is keeping it from starting? aside from the first few catches yesterday morning, all it's done is crank over. also smells faintly of gas. what else can you guys throw at me here? i'm at a loss

 

[Landpimp]

still got points? if so they may be out of adjustment or something.

 

[chuglife]

thank you, sir pimp, i'll check.


now then, how do i check? i'll look it up
while i research, any other suggestions

 

[burnt03]

I had a similar problem but it seems you checked it already.

Ran a jumper wire between the positive side of the coil and the positive terminal of the battery. If it fires hooked up like that, it's some sort of problem between the ign switch and the coil.

Worth a try?

 

[chuglife]

definitely worth a try. when i get home i'll check it out