Posted by Thomas S on December 14, 2008, 9:16 pm, in reply to "Re: 67 cutlass sitting for 20 years, need help starting, no spark"
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Ok so I get off work at 6 and go straight to pepboys to buy a test light or voltmeter and its closed so I decide to just run a wire from the battery to the coil just to test it out. Something I forgot to mention is the GEN light was on whenever I connected the battery, well when I ran the wire to the coil the GEN light went off and the OIL light came on, I cranked it over and the oil light went away(oil is to capacity). No spark still. any other ideas? also it seems to turn over a bit slow compared to my other cars, I even hooked it up to my battery charger and still kinda slow.
--Previous Message--
: Thank you very much. That sounds exactly what
: it should be. I was going to test if the
: coil was getting power last night but
: couldnt find my voltmeter. Crossing my
: fingers thats the issue, I had a budget of
: 500 to get it back on the road and after a
: new gas tank its going to be cutting it
: close.
:
: Nice tip on the silver button im 23 and
: basically my first carb car other then a 67
: corvair I had for a couple weeks.
:
: --Previous Message--
: The problem sounds like the wire to the coil
: may have burnt off when you reversed the
: polarity to the electrical system. There may
: be a fusable link wire also that burnt off,
: this wire is desinged to burn away if a
: overload or battery polarity is
: reversed.(when using jumper cables)this wire
: is normally located on the inner fender
: drivers side. If I remember correctly it
: should be on the positive terminal block,
: shuold have a black cylinder about 3/8"
: in dia. 1 inch long. If it is not there look
: on the firewall. Check for 12 volts dc at
: the coil terminals with the key in the run
: position.
: That silver button on the floor young man is
: the bright/dim switch for the headlights.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Hi everyone, first post. My name is Thomas
: and
: im very new to classic cars. I usually work
: on newer fuel injected cars(audi s4, mustang
: gt, parents cars). I bought a 1967 cutlass
: supreme from the original owner this week,
: been sitting in a garage for 20 years, 55k
: original miles, interior is great shape, has
: some big dents which is why it was parked(so
: I was told by the little old lady haha).
: Anyways I start working on it. Did the
: Marvels Mystery oil in all the cylinders for
: 24 hours then new spark plugs, new oil,
: battery and battery cables. When putting the
: cables on I accidentally switched them for
: half a second, some smoke did come from a
: few wires(big mistake but it happened). I
: dropped the gas tank(has a rust hole) and
: cleared the lines
:
: I go to start it and it keeps turning over
: but not firing(only using starter fluid, gas
: tank not connected). I check for spark and
: nothing. I change out the coil, wires,
: distributor cap and rotor since I was going
: to do that anyways. still nothing. Any ideas
: or helpful hints?
:
: ALSO what does that button on the floor by
: your left foot do inside the car?
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