From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 12/31/2021 7:45, Snag wrote:   
   > On 12/30/2021 9:55 PM, Michael Trew wrote:   
   >> Aforementioned 1968 Ford Galaxie 302 engine won't start.  It cranks   
   >> over just fine, but won't try to catch or even "pop off" just once.   
   >> Seems exactly like a no-spark condition.   
   >>   
   >> It's been a wet day, so I popped the distributor cap, but no   
   >> condensation.  Wiped off the metal parts and rotor anyway (not dirty).   
   >> I pulled a random plug wire and put a spark tester on it, resting on   
   >> the block.  It sure lit up, that cylinder had spark.   
   >>   
   >> Drats... I really thought that the coil went, but it still has spark   
   >> to the distributor cap.  I dumped a bit of fuel down the throttle.  No   
   >> difference.  Cranks just fine, but it won't even pop as if it were   
   >> trying to catch; not even on one cylinder.   
   >>   
   >> I guess I'll try again in the morning.  Any ideas?  How ironic that I   
   >> get stumped like this, after posting a couple of times today how old   
   >> cars are so much easier to work on... LOL.  Thanks in advance.   
   >   
   > How many miles on the timing chain ? Put a timing light on it and see   
   > when the spark occurs .   
      
      
   Thanks all.  I considered timing after I went to bed.  Same issue in the   
   morning when cranking.  Late this afternoon, I came back to tear into   
   it, but it fired right up, how odd.   
      
   I pulled each spark plug afterward, and they weren't bad looking.  I   
   sanded them down, checked the gap to about .035.  I also took a brass   
   wire brush to the contacts inside of the distributor cap.  All in all,   
   it's actually running a bit more smoothly than before.  Plugs are wires   
   didn't look too old.   
      
   I'll be in for a carburetor rebuild not too long from now.  Probably a   
   fuel filter also.  It starts to die when you first get into the   
   throttle, unless you feather it.  It was sitting in a garage for   
   decades.  I guess the last guy did a quick tuneup and got bored.   
      
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