sounds like fuel,,,or distributor cap,,, --- On Sat, 2/12/11, Gary H. <spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Gary H. <spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Back to square 1 > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Saturday, February 12, 2011, 5:51 PM > > Hi all, > > Some of you may remember I was replacing the timing chain > on a poly 318. The car died on the way home from a car event > last summer. It would turn over and occasionally "pop" > through the carb but not run. Acted like the timing chain > had jumped. Tow truck time. > > I finally got the time and weather to "finish" putting all > the parts back on the 318. Sprayed ether in the carb, hit > the key and, guess what: no start, no run – EXACTLY the > same as before I put the new timing set on. Ack! I pulled > the coil wire out of the distributor and spun the motor and > have spark. So it appears I have fuel, spark and timing and > the same dead boat anchor vehicle. I did look at the timing > mark on the crank's harmonic balance and the rotor is > pointed to #1 spark plug wire when the mark is 0. Weird. > > Any suggestions? Not "call the junkyard to come haul it > away" I hope. :-( > > Thanks, > Gary H. > > > ---- > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one > person -- directly to that person. I.e., send > parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other > personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the > Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your > privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the > content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! > > 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > > >