Pulled the Mess that was my Timing Chain....
I'll triple check those spark plug wires, although I'm just about positive that they are in the correct order.
I will be checking voltage on ballast resistor and coil for spark and for voltage. Coil brand, I have no idea, it's one of two (??) coils I found on the car when I first got it. Blue, nameless, no branding anywhere. Ballast resistor is a two-pronged type, looking just about as exactly as this:
Plugs and wires are new, as is the distributor.
I will check for rotor hitting the dizzy cap.
I have adjusted the valves to .012 for intake and .022 for exhaust, and planned to readjust them properly when the engine was running. I did them properly; I spun the engine over by hand, checked each valve pair (minding the two intake runners right next to each other), and by the little screw on top I adjusted them by quarter turns, checking with feeler gauges.
I was really afraid it might be the carburetor, but I had this exact same problem with my old carb too. The new carb only did a hair of difference, barely noticeable.
Fuel flow while cranking is definitely there, checked. Don't know exact fuel pressure, all I know is that it is a mechanical pump, but it is working.
Did pull a spark plug, merely curious on how it looked like. No, or faint fuel smell (although it was sitting for a few hours since it was cranked over), but the tip was completely covered in a thin layer of black carbon. Was able to wipe it off easily, perfect after that. Put it back in.
Back before I had these problems, my car was in the shop getting the tranny pan gasket replaced. It was running okay, cut out completely on sudden acceleration, but started up without a doubt. Shut it off, left it overnight, come back to find it's running like such, hardly starting. Obviously the timing chain and cam were apart of those problems, but after all that, it still runs like this? Starts right up, but still runs as if I'm trying to destroy it! It's baffling me!
If anything, I will be towing the car home tomorrow to really get to work on it much more over the weekend.
I'll triple check those spark plug wires, although I'm just about positive that they are in the correct order.
I will be checking voltage on ballast resistor and coil for spark and for voltage. Coil brand, I have no idea, it's one of two (??) coils I found on the car when I first got it. Blue, nameless, no branding anywhere. Ballast resistor is a two-pronged type, looking just about as exactly as this:
Plugs and wires are new, as is the distributor.
I will check for rotor hitting the dizzy cap.
I have adjusted the valves to .012 for intake and .022 for exhaust, and planned to readjust them properly when the engine was running. I did them properly; I spun the engine over by hand, checked each valve pair (minding the two intake runners right next to each other), and by the little screw on top I adjusted them by quarter turns, checking with feeler gauges.
I was really afraid it might be the carburetor, but I had this exact same problem with my old carb too. The new carb only did a hair of difference, barely noticeable.
Fuel flow while cranking is definitely there, checked. Don't know exact fuel pressure, all I know is that it is a mechanical pump, but it is working.
Did pull a spark plug, merely curious on how it looked like. No, or faint fuel smell (although it was sitting for a few hours since it was cranked over), but the tip was completely covered in a thin layer of black carbon. Was able to wipe it off easily, perfect after that. Put it back in.
Back before I had these problems, my car was in the shop getting the tranny pan gasket replaced. It was running okay, cut out completely on sudden acceleration, but started up without a doubt. Shut it off, left it overnight, come back to find it's running like such, hardly starting. Obviously the timing chain and cam were apart of those problems, but after all that, it still runs like this? Starts right up, but still runs as if I'm trying to destroy it! It's baffling me!
If anything, I will be towing the car home tomorrow to really get to work on it much more over the weekend.