Plymouth71
Waterslide Decal Artist
I screwed up somewhere. I don't know if the electronic ignition was working when I bought it, but I could not seem to get it to work for love and or money. I've now tried going back to points. But I cannot seem to get the car running. I can get it to run for maybe 20-30 seconds sputtering. That's about it. I replaced the points, the gap for the reluctor is set at .008. New rotor. New cap. New plugs new wires. And I just can't seem to get it to run. I'm at my wit's end. I have a friend coming over tomorrow and we're going to try and start from the beginning, and if we can get it running we're also going to check for vacuum and dwell. Car was running ok before, but with the recent change to ethanol fuel in my area, the fuel would boil on really hot days. I figured I would change to the electronic ignition, and put in a fuel vapor separator while it was parked in the garage, but I haven't even started on routing a return line at this point.
I want to say thank you, because this group has been very helpful over the years. I wish I had more time to read up and fully understand the dynamics of how the car works. I understand the principles, but I am not a technician and never trained as one.
I'm thinking of trying to start from scratch. So basically I need some suggestions on how to do that. I need to figure out top dead center I believe I can remove the valve cover and determine by the position of the valve. Any other suggestions. I've even gone back to my original coil. Please let me know how I can help in the process, I can post video of my car when I'm trying to start it I can post pictures what have you I've also replaced the ballast resistor too within brand new one. I've checked my grounds. I've capped off the vacuum lines.
I'm really hoping to make it to the local Mopar only show on Monday, but right now the only way my car is going to get there is on the back of a tow truck.
Thank you in advance for your time.
I want to say thank you, because this group has been very helpful over the years. I wish I had more time to read up and fully understand the dynamics of how the car works. I understand the principles, but I am not a technician and never trained as one.
I'm thinking of trying to start from scratch. So basically I need some suggestions on how to do that. I need to figure out top dead center I believe I can remove the valve cover and determine by the position of the valve. Any other suggestions. I've even gone back to my original coil. Please let me know how I can help in the process, I can post video of my car when I'm trying to start it I can post pictures what have you I've also replaced the ballast resistor too within brand new one. I've checked my grounds. I've capped off the vacuum lines.
I'm really hoping to make it to the local Mopar only show on Monday, but right now the only way my car is going to get there is on the back of a tow truck.
Thank you in advance for your time.
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