65 slant wont start

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Gold65

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i need help from the group my 65 dart was starting and running fine, it set for a while and now I cant get it to start. I have changed point and condenser, gapped the plugs, Im getting fire out of coil and at the spark plug but the engine will not hit even with starting fluid. Im overlooking something.
 
Jumped time? Check the timing "hopefully" you did not blindly change anything. Are you checking spark while using the key to crank? That is important, because it changes the circuit. Check the plugs, run a compression check. See if you can estimate timing chain slop, etc
 
The basics have not changed.......

Compression, enough of it and that implies proper cam timing
Ignition, and in time, and adequate spark
Fuel can be as simple as some thrown down the carb throat, but also not too much as the plugs may be wet
 
Were the plugs wet when pulled, & how did they smell? Bad fuel can keep it from starting, even with starting fluid, like a flooded condition. That or t-chain as per above.....
 
Thanks for all the advice guys I finally got today,the timing gear was off a tooth or two. got it lined back up and she fires and runs again.
 
How? Was distributor recently removed?
Check that gear close. Nylon (gear teeth) likes to get brittle and break after so long.
 
If you put it back without changing the chain or sprockets it WILL happen again
 
I put 2 year old lawnmower gas in my slant and it fired. The compression is so low that itll burn about anything (fuel grade) flammable, but without compression (and the proper spark timing as you found out) you'll not light anything off. It takes something to jump a tooth, the nylon gear can be replaced.
 
Most chains jump on shutdown, then seat out of time on startup, I wouldn't shut that thing off anywhere but home, lol! BAD gas & OLD gas not the same, & there's plenty of the former still out there, We get new cars in the dealership that won't start or barely run. Take a fuel sample, pour some on the floor, & it won't light w/a microtorch! Our new models are 13:1 squeeze, direct injected running 350bar of fuel pressure, lol!
 
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