Posted by john
on December 15, 2008, 12:18 pm, in reply to "Re: 67 cutlass sitting for 20 years, need help starting, no spark"
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first of all i wouldn't try to start the car with starting fluid ....your better off pouring a very little bit of gas down the carburator ...and check the points in the distributor if the car has been sitting that long they maybe stuck closed ...if they are you can either try cleaning them or putting new ones in ....hope that helps
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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.
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: --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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