Mike G
05-10-2004, 01:45 AM
I spent the weekend working on the '74 Tahiti 20.5' that I picked up last summer. It was a basket case that - as near as I can tell - sat for 7 years. We got everything bolted back together, replaced a couple gaskets on the Holley 4160 (?), dropped in an HEI, and hooked up the rat's nest that passes for wiring on this beast.
Anyway, to make a long story short, we can't get it started. I put the distributor in with the rotor pointed slightly before the pole for cyl 1, while it's at TDC and cyl 6's rocker arms are rocking (i.e. compression stroke on 1). The coil has +12v going to it, the block is grounded. The starter turns, but it just won't catch. Got some interesting back fires out of it, though. :p The clear inline fuel filter has gas, and it looks like the carb is doing it's thing.
So, before I break out the starting fluid, does anybody have any ideas? I'm thinking that we just flooded the darn thing and just need it to air out a bit. Can't think of anything we did wrong.
Thanks in advance!
-Mike
Anyway, to make a long story short, we can't get it started. I put the distributor in with the rotor pointed slightly before the pole for cyl 1, while it's at TDC and cyl 6's rocker arms are rocking (i.e. compression stroke on 1). The coil has +12v going to it, the block is grounded. The starter turns, but it just won't catch. Got some interesting back fires out of it, though. :p The clear inline fuel filter has gas, and it looks like the carb is doing it's thing.
So, before I break out the starting fluid, does anybody have any ideas? I'm thinking that we just flooded the darn thing and just need it to air out a bit. Can't think of anything we did wrong.
Thanks in advance!
-Mike