360 will not start, any suggestions?
WHAT DO the plugs look like?
Let's get to basics
spark (at the right TIME)
fuel (quality fuel, not too much, not too little)
compression
1 Pull the plugs and see if they look wet, fouled. While they are out, run a compression check
We don't know what's been done to the engine, if it ran earlier properly, etc, need more details. Valve adjustment? Bad timing chain?
2 Be CRITICAL of the spark. You can check timing with a good light ON THE STARTER. What does the spark look like? Check it out of the coil. Use a grounded probe at the coil tower. It should be fat, blue, and snap at LEAST 3/8" or more
3 Fuel. ANY chance the fuel is old? If the plugs are not wet, try starting fluid, or use a squirt bottle to shoot a little fuel down the carb
LEARN TO TIME the engine so that you do not have to worry about timeing. There is NO REASON to flip a dist. 180 on an engine that "had run." If you DO flip the dist 180, one way or the other WILL Cause massive flames and blowback through the carb. If this does not happen, either the engine is way out of time (and therefore is not truely 180 off) or else something is wrong with compression, fuel.
Hell, look:: See this:
I wanted to test fire this engine. I "static timed" it, and didn't even have a carb on it when I first cranked it, simply squirted a little fuel down the manifold and FIRED it. That's RIGHT no manifolds!!!!
WHAT DO the plugs look like?
Let's get to basics
spark (at the right TIME)
fuel (quality fuel, not too much, not too little)
compression
1 Pull the plugs and see if they look wet, fouled. While they are out, run a compression check
We don't know what's been done to the engine, if it ran earlier properly, etc, need more details. Valve adjustment? Bad timing chain?
2 Be CRITICAL of the spark. You can check timing with a good light ON THE STARTER. What does the spark look like? Check it out of the coil. Use a grounded probe at the coil tower. It should be fat, blue, and snap at LEAST 3/8" or more
3 Fuel. ANY chance the fuel is old? If the plugs are not wet, try starting fluid, or use a squirt bottle to shoot a little fuel down the carb
LEARN TO TIME the engine so that you do not have to worry about timeing. There is NO REASON to flip a dist. 180 on an engine that "had run." If you DO flip the dist 180, one way or the other WILL Cause massive flames and blowback through the carb. If this does not happen, either the engine is way out of time (and therefore is not truely 180 off) or else something is wrong with compression, fuel.
Hell, look:: See this:
I wanted to test fire this engine. I "static timed" it, and didn't even have a carb on it when I first cranked it, simply squirted a little fuel down the manifold and FIRED it. That's RIGHT no manifolds!!!!
