[tcb] Re: Won't start
- From: theresabuckner@xxxxxxx
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2014 22:33:24 -0500 (EST)
I have played with VWs for a long time . I had my first coil to go out , a
couple of weeks ago .
-----Original Message-----
From: Gerald Livingston <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, Jan 1, 2014 6:31 pm
Subject: [tcb] Re: Won't start
Except the distributor would have had to jump up and rotate itself 180°
in the Wal-Mart parking lot while I was inside buying coffee after
driving there.
;-D
G2
On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 18:23:05 -0600
Duncan <whocanduncan1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Not if off a full 180°.
>
>
> Duncan
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Conrad Klahn <conradk@xxxxxxx>
> Date:01/01/2014 5:30 PM (GMT-06:00)
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Won't start
>
> I could see timing being off as the culprit, but you would think that
> it would be obvious with static timing? - or wouldn't it?
>
> On Jan 1, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Gerald Livingston
> <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Fascinating ... ether has no effect at all. No fire, no backfire,
> > nothing. What the snarf would stop fuel completely from getting
> > through the intake to the plugs?
> >
> > G2
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 1 Jan 2014 14:57:26 -0600
> > Gerald Livingston <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Don't have any ether at the moment.
> >>
> >> What would cause fuel to go down the throat of the carb and never
> >> make it to the plugs?
> >>
> >> Pulled the 1/2 valve cover and the valves are moving (which I
> >> assumed was the case anyway since I got compression readings).
> >>
> >> This is a single port 1600 with an H30/31
> >>
> >> G2
> >>
> >> On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 14:41:04 -0600
> >> Conrad Klahn <conradk@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>> If it were flooding I think you'd see that on one of your spark
> >>> plugs. Unless somebody gave you some crappy fuel, or you're not
> >>> getting enough good fuel. If you use some starter fluid can you
> >>> get it to cough?
> >>>
> >>> On Jan 1, 2014, at 2:32 PM, Gerald Livingston
> >>> <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> This is beginning to piss me off
> >>>>
> >>>> Plugs gapped at .045 (I have a MSD installed)
> >>>> Nice tan color
> >>>> Spark big enough to knock a mule into next week
> >>>> Static timing right on
> >>>> I smell it flooding so there's fuel going somewhere
> >>>> Compression 130 to 140 all the way around
> >>>>
> >>>> It. Will. Not. Fire.
> >>>>
> >>>> Nothing. Not even a cough.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have noticed it smelling richer over the last month or so.
> >>>>
> >>>> Ideas?
> >>>>
> >>>> G2
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
>
>
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