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Bill_Martin
AMC Apprentice Joined: Jan/10/2008 Location: Madison, WI Status: Offline Points: 121 |
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Mmkay. So my 74 Javelin's bein' a dick.
I brought it across the state last week to my parents place. Car ran fine and strong. Very healthy motor. Turned it off, went inside for a little while. Got ready to leave and it refused to start and hasn't started since. We checked the spark, spark was there, checked the fuel delivery...was all good. Carb wasn't the problem, the Fuel pump appears to be throwing more than enough fuel (checked with the line off to make sure of course). So I changed, today, the points & condenser along with the coil just in case since it was still the original in the car. Put it all back together. Spark is now stronger than ever... still will not start. It's showing no signs it even wants to. Spark plugs, far as I know, are new as of the last few months (I only just bought the car). I can't think of anything else. I mean, I should at this point take the plugs out and let the car dry out a bit....I'm sure it's probably flooded, but outside of that...any ideas fellas? Is there something I might be overlooking that's easy? Or perhaps something big I'm overlooking that's not so easy? Thanks much! |
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Boris Badanov
AMC Addicted Joined: Dec/14/2013 Location: NH USA Status: Offline Points: 4209 |
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Skiped a timing chain?
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Bill_Martin
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I mean, I guess that's possible, but I've never experienced that before, so I wouldn't know.
The car ran great and then just all at one wouldn't start the next time I tried. Still turns over completely normal. Sometimes tries to kick into starting, but just doesn't seem to have it in it to get all the way there. Like a guy in his 90's trying to get up from a couch but then decides...eh, screw it. lol |
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Bill Martin
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Boris Badanov
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throw a timing light on it.
If you can't get a line near the cover markings pull the drivers side valve cover. Within a couple of degrees see if the valve over lap is nearly at tdc 360 degrees from tdc #1. Spark, fuel and no fire on a motor that ran good makes me think timing gears and chain. |
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Bill_Martin
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When it comes to that kinda stuff I'd "need an adult" to help me out. I'm still questioning the distributor as a whole a bit, it's pretty ancient, but hey I dunno honestly. I'd just find it really weird for there to be a timing gear/chain issue just all at once after I shut it off. But, it's never happened to me before, so what do I know about it, ya know? I think best I can do is take the distrib out and check everything out. It was pretty ugly when I popped the cap off. Looks like it's been in there since it was born. Given it's only an 89K motor, I'd imagine it probably is the original. I don't have the smarts to do a timing gear/chain job, that's for sure. I got friends who could if that ends up being the case (to which they will get pizza and booze)... but hopefully it's not the case. lol. |
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amx2bfast
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Check the dizzy gear on the dist as it may be bad and jumped a tooth. dist may still turn. crank engine with cap off and see if the rotor turns free. I have seen a complete set of plugs go all at once if they fouled out and it is hard to see looking at them. I would try new plugs
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mramc
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Billy, How you doing. Check the grounds. There should be a couple on the fire wall plus one across the motor mount. Some times they get crusty and short out , but look good. LRDaum
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FuzzFace2
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OK before you go pulling everything apart and maybe make it worst lets go back and check a few things.
You need fuel, spark & air for it to run. If it is cranking and sound normal I would say it is getting air. You can use a timing light to check that the chain has not jumped just for S&G’s. You said it is getting fuel. So with the cleaner lid off and you look down inside the carb and give it gas you see it squirt? If so then yes getting fuel and you can try pouring a little in the carb to see if it will fire off. Even try a little starting fluid. Now on to this spark thing. Where are you checking for spark? Is it at the coil and you see the spark jump from coil to the wire? Coil wire to dist cap? Cap to plug wire? You need to check spark at the plug(s) pull a plug or 2 lay it on the motor and crank it over and you should see the spark jump the plug gap. If it has good spark you can sometimes hear it “SNAP”! If not the spark is finding a path to ground before it gets to the plug(s). Could be a bad rotor under the cap or bad plug wires. I have even seen bad plugs that look new (running lean) not fire (miss when running) so maybe throw a set of plugs in it. That is how I would go about getting it to run. Dave ---- |
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kidgrem
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Unhook the battery. Pull the distributor cap.
Turn the motor over by hand forwards and backwards. The rotor should move with the crank. If not you could have jumped the chain or trashed a dist gear. Sometimes moisture gets in under the cap and points a shot of WD40 can dry it out. Dump a little gas down the carb and try to start see if its really getting gas to the engine. leaving the key on can burn up points and condensers. Take the distributor bolt loose enough to turn the distributor, crank the engine wile turning it a little bit both ways. Keep your hand off the wires. Cranking the engine in the dark is a good way to see if any wires are shorted. |
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Slate
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Does this car have a manual tranny?
Steve
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