Stop in for a cup of coffee

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Ok enough fun for a day so far. Time to throw a new battery in my 66 and see what happens.
 
MOPARMITCH said:
Ha, She is Viet, but French indoctrinated....I let her Shave me before....I Know TMI...LOL :rofl:
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So I tried the poly again but the battery cables were weak, really weak so I went through and changed them with some used but much healthier cables I had laying around

Still dead as a rock.

So I get under it and I feel there greasy *** starter for connections. The solenoid wire was loose then I realized the whole starter is loose.

So I pull the starter and find the nose cone broken and I test the starter...... dead

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So then, with the starter out I got in there with a big screwdriver to see if the engine turns and how hard is it to turn.

I also check the bellhousing for any damage and there is none so it's a mystery how that nose cone busted. The only suspect is improper installation but there are no broken off pieces in there ???
 
Princess Valiant said:
So I tried the poly again but the battery cables were weak, really weak so I went through and changed them with some used but much healthier cables I had laying around

Still dead as a rock.

So I get under it and I feel there greasy *** starter for connections. The solenoid wire was loose then I realized the whole starter is loose.

So I pull the starter and find the nose cone broken and I test the starter...... dead

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Uhhhh Yeahhhhhh...:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
The engine turns over easy with a screwdriver

So I install another starter I had laying around, a known good one.

I jump the solenoid and for the first time in over 20 years. WIIIRRRRRRWIRRRRWIRRRR.

so I crank it a bit in hopes of getting the oil pump moving some more and as it's cranking i smell varnish. The fuel pump obviously still works and gushing out of the carb so I'm getting a intake manifold flooded with varnish smelling fuel with a water like thickness.

I disconnect the fuel pump and let it pump into a bucket and poured fresh fuel down the carb and I had already connected a "hot wire" to the positive side of the coil.

It turns and bucks like it wants to start but just not enough yet.

I was going to spray it with carb cleaner but I'm out of anything flammable to spray in there.

Tommorw for sure it should fire
 
Always dump the fuel first, if it has been sitting. Probably have varnish in the carb now................
 
MOPARMITCH said:
Always dump the fuel first, if it has been sitting. Probably have varnish in the carb now................
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For as runny as it is, I doubt it will clog anything. I think most of that fuel is from 2016 when the previous owners brother put in a few gallons and tried to get it going to run into the same problem with the starter
 
Princess Valiant said:
The engine turns over easy with a screwdriver

So I install another starter I had laying around, a known good one.

I jump the solenoid and for the first time in over 20 years. WIIIRRRRRRWIRRRRWIRRRR.

so I crank it a bit in hopes of getting the oil pump moving some more and as it's cranking i smell varnish. The fuel pump obviously still works and gushing out of the carb so I'm getting a intake manifold flooded with varnish smelling fuel with a water like thickness.

I disconnect the fuel pump and let it pump into a bucket and poured fresh fuel down the carb and I had already connected a "hot wire" to the positive side of the coil.

It turns and bucks like it wants to start but just not enough yet.

I was going to spray it with carb cleaner but I'm out of anything flammable to spray in there.

Tommorw for sure it should fire
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A Chrysler starter does not go WIIIRRRRRRWIRRRRWIRRRR...


It goes WANANANANANANANANANA VROOM.....
 
Princess Valiant said:
For as runny as it is, I doubt it will clog anything. I think most of that fuel is from 2016 when the previous owners brother put in a few gallons and tried to get it going to run into the same problem with the starter
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Don't matter girl...Fuel can sit over winter and be no good... I just repaired a couple a small engines for a guy, Same reason . bad fuel. And..... Had to disassemble carbs and clean out... Jus Sayin....
 
Princess Valiant said:
The engine turns over easy with a screwdriver

So I install another starter I had laying around, a known good one.

I jump the solenoid and for the first time in over 20 years. WIIIRRRRRRWIRRRRWIRRRR.

so I crank it a bit in hopes of getting the oil pump moving some more and as it's cranking i smell varnish. The fuel pump obviously still works and gushing out of the carb so I'm getting a intake manifold flooded with varnish smelling fuel with a water like thickness.

I disconnect the fuel pump and let it pump into a bucket and poured fresh fuel down the carb and I had already connected a "hot wire" to the positive side of the coil.

It turns and bucks like it wants to start but just not enough yet.

I was going to spray it with carb cleaner but I'm out of anything flammable to spray in there.

Tommorw for sure it should fire
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they make and sell a non-flammable, non combustible carb cleaner
 
MOPARMITCH said:
Don't matter girl...Fuel can sit over winter and be no good... I just repaired a couple a small engines for a guy, Same reason . bad fuel. And..... Had to disassemble carbs and clean out... Jus Sayin....
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I have to go through the carb in any case.

I seriously didn't expect the fuel pump to even work. The car was parked in 1999

At least I know the engine isn't locked and there is hope, just a lot more TLC.

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