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#44762 04/19/2005 6:18 AM | Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 108 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 108 | Hello,
I am finally getting my truck roadworthy again after a head-on collision last June. The '54 235" will start (with difficulty), and run, but I can't seem to get it to idle or time it! Points are good, plugs just cleaned and gapped, new vac advance, new fuel pump. I suspect either stale gas/ varnish in carb or my valve tappet clearances are way off (there does seem to be some noise in the valvetrain). This engine was running great last year before the wreck. Any thoughts/ comments are greatly appreciated.
By the way, any comments on the Pertronix ignition module for stovebolt 6's?
Thanks!
Tyler | | |
#44763 04/19/2005 6:34 AM | Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 2,074 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 2,074 | Just went through the same routine with my 53. The truck had sat for about 2 years. first I was ready for the stale gas, got underneith to drain the tank and found a totally rotton rubber fuel line, gas had leaked out, bone dry. Then on to start her up, no spark. Finally traced power with a clip on circuit tester, had power all the way to the coil, then nothing. Problem was an open circuit at the spade connector to the coil.
You just need to eliminate each, area ie. fuel, electric, and tune up etc. I've run a Pertronix unit for a few years in my 47 Coupe, it's great, no points to wear out. | | |
#44764 04/19/2005 11:07 AM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 662 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 662 | Try rigging an "I.V." of fresh gas. The stuff today turns to turpentine quick. | | |
#44765 04/19/2005 2:20 PM | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96 | I had a car sitting in the woods for a couple months last year and couldn't get it to run right. I suspected something in the ignition. I gave it a tune up, minus plug wires. No better. I took it to a shop and they gave it another tune up, with wires, and it was fine. I guess the wires got weathered sitting in the woods. | | |
#44766 04/19/2005 2:31 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,868 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,868 | 235's have a really nasty habit of the valves sticking in the guides when they sit idle for a while. Pull the valve cover and squirt a liberal dose of Kroil or some other penetrating oil on the valve stems, and work the valves up and down with a pry bar. They should move freely, with no tendency to stick. If a vacuum gauge fluctuates a lot at idle, you've got an intake valve leaking a little.
Jerry
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