Please help me!!!!!!!!
#1
Please help me!!!!!!!!
Ok I took off distributor and plugs and now it won't start I'm pretty sure I got it in the right firing order but I'm getting nothing what should I do somebody anybody
#3
I did they are correctly plugged in but I changed the Manifold gasket and Ive been trying to get all the Vacuum line in the rightful place and havent been able to do that either. which lines do the coil plug into. Its all Original
#5
Vacuum lines are not going to keep your car from starting. If they are loose or mixed up it may run like crap but it will start. There are no vacuum lines going to the coil. What car are you working on?
#7
The Engine is a original 350 Rocket every part every hose. Its a 1971. I did pull the Distributor out before the Intake. I just got done pulling a plug out and attacted the spark plug wire and Im not getting any spark from the plug. Also Im not positive that I got the Coil hooked up right. as far as the positive and Negative is concerned.
#14
^^^This. I don't see a power wire going to the "+" side of the coil. There should be two wires there, one that provides 12V with the key in START and one that provides about 9V via the resistor wire with the key in RUN. There should only be one wire to the "-" side of the coil, the one that goes to the distributor (assuming you do not have a tach).
#15
Is it this one? Of course it's a positive and Neg to the coil I have the wire from the distributor going to the positive and the Negative wire from the price that's built on the Coil. This wire that's not hooked up I'm not sure where it goes
#16
Again, distributor wire to the NEGATIVE terminal. Power to the positive. I have no idea what that taped up wire connects to. The condenser on the coil is just for radio noise suppression.
#19
One more time, the ONE wire from the distributor goes to the NEGATIVE side of the coil. You can't connect the distributor AND power to the same terminal.
#23
I really don't know how to make this more clear.
The distributor wire, and ONLY the distributor wire goes to the "-" terminal.
Find the power wires that used to be connected to the coil and run them to the "+" terminal. DO NOT attach any more wires.
I would suggest that you retrace that taped wire, since the terminal on the end LOOKS like the one that is supposed to go to the coil It should be coming up from the starter. If it's grounded, it has been pinched somewhere.
You can also temporarily run a wire directly from the "+" terminal of the battery to the "+" terminal of the coil to provide power to try to start the car. Once it runs, you will need to physically disconnect this wire to turn the engine off.
The distributor wire, and ONLY the distributor wire goes to the "-" terminal.
Find the power wires that used to be connected to the coil and run them to the "+" terminal. DO NOT attach any more wires.
I would suggest that you retrace that taped wire, since the terminal on the end LOOKS like the one that is supposed to go to the coil It should be coming up from the starter. If it's grounded, it has been pinched somewhere.
You can also temporarily run a wire directly from the "+" terminal of the battery to the "+" terminal of the coil to provide power to try to start the car. Once it runs, you will need to physically disconnect this wire to turn the engine off.
#24
Your right the single wire with the tap is to the Starter. Now where do the wire thats on the coil goes to? with the battery looking thing attached to it go. Im sorry I dont mean to be a axx. This the only thing Im not mechanically familiar with on cars
#25
The thing on the coil is the condenser for radio noise suppression. Leave it disconnected until you get the car to start to avoid any confusion.
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#32
If that’s an external condenser, instead of inside the distributor, not being connected will keep it from starting. If there is one in the distributor, then the one by the coil is not needed to start.
#36
I'm sorry, but the photo still shows the additional wire connected to the "-" side of the coil. One LAST time, then I'm done. Please try to follow these steps exactly.
1) Disconnect EVERY SINGLE WIRE from the coil.
2) Connect ONLY the wire from the distributor to the "-" terminal of the coil
3) Connect ONLY a jumper from the + side of the battery to the + side of the coil
4) See if you get spark when cranking the engine.
1) Disconnect EVERY SINGLE WIRE from the coil.
2) Connect ONLY the wire from the distributor to the "-" terminal of the coil
3) Connect ONLY a jumper from the + side of the battery to the + side of the coil
4) See if you get spark when cranking the engine.
#37
The condenser on the coil has nothing to do with the points, period. ALL Delco point-style distributors have a condenser connected to the points.
#38
No the picture just look like that. The ONLY wire on the (-) of the coil is directly from the bottom of the Distributor
I'm sorry, but the photo still shows the additional wire connected to the "-" side of the coil. One LAST time, then I'm done. Please try to follow these steps exactly.
1) Disconnect EVERY SINGLE WIRE from the coil.
2) Connect ONLY the wire from the distributor to the "-" terminal of the coil
3) Connect ONLY a jumper from the + side of the battery to the + side of the coil
4) See if you get spark when cranking the engine.
1) Disconnect EVERY SINGLE WIRE from the coil.
2) Connect ONLY the wire from the distributor to the "-" terminal of the coil
3) Connect ONLY a jumper from the + side of the battery to the + side of the coil
4) See if you get spark when cranking the engine.
#40
No. All that matters is that the points open and close. You can even do that by hand (use a non-metallic tool) and get spark so long as there is power to the coil. Be sure the wire from the distributor to the coil isn't broken internally. They get brittle and it may have come apart when you took the distributor out.