Well yesterday, I worked a little on getting the engine to fire. It cranks well, the coil shoots a good strong spark, and the engine tried to start once or twice but never actually ran. I have the fuel pump drafting from a one gallon gas can with fresh gas, and I was spraying carburator cleaner in the carb at each crank attempt. I did not have a spare ballast resister, so I just switched the positive coil feed off between battery rechargings. The weather began to get bad and I abandoned the mission.
So what do you all think? Are my points faulty (or did I burn them up) or is it something else? I did not remove any of the sparkplugs after squirting/cranking to see if they were fouled, but I did look at them before when I was rewiring and they all looked good. The battery I am using is sulphated and loses power quickly but cranks the engine at normal revolutions for two or three attempts. I rewired the plug wires from scratch (it had none) using the points type distributer firing order sequence going clockwise starting from the dwell adjustment door.
At least I cranked the engine enough to start the oil flowing again.
Suggestions?
