After two months and alot of reading and help from this website I have the engine on my '53 3100 turning over, but I cannot get it to start and I am running my head into the wall trying to find next steps (this is first engine I have ever worked on)
1)I chased down a whole host of electric issues that resulted in new plugs, plug wires, coil, and a distributor cap as well as replacement of a random wire that was broken
2) Cleaned points in distributor and reset gap
3) Rebuilt carb
Engine turns over -- sounds smooth and oil is moving, I get a faint poof sound as it turns over... it isn't consistent, but it sounds like
My gut tells me I screwed something up rebuilding the carb, but a friend mentioned maybe the timing is jacked up.
After 2 weeks of tinkering, googling, and cursing trying to get past this point I am looking for advice on how to get past this hurdle and hopefully avoid a couple of weeks of wasted time
Couple of notes
1) Waiting on a fuel pump rebuild kit so I am gravity feeding out of a bottle into carb
2) Engine supposedly ran in 2008 was parked until I brought it to PA late last year first tried to crank it in January this year and two valves were seized and I broke rocker arms, everything in fuel line had to be replaced it was gummed up and gaskets decayed
Last edited by Phak1; 03/23/2023 12:11 PM.
