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Bitumen Boy
Joined: 26 Jan 2012 Posts: 1735 Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sure I've seen aftermarket, generic coils that aren't marked for polarity at all. Probably best avoided... |
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Paul fairall
Joined: 17 Nov 2016 Posts: 429 Location: North west Kent
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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alanb wrote: | As it is a mechanical fuel pump and runs ok once started it doesn't look like a fuel problem, if it has the correct 6 volt coil and is connected correctly it should provide enough of a spark from as little as 4.5volts to start it by hand cranking, In the past I have started my Morris useing a 4.8volt lantern battery and hand cranking. | jeez this is hard work. Does anybody understand what I'm trying to say.maybe it is a fuel problem to start with. Turning the engine fast with 12v will pump fuel up to the carb. I have to pump the fuel manually on mine with the rod on the side of the fuel pump because it runs back to the tank when left parked. If I don't pump it manually it doesn't start before the 6v battery dies. If the car runs why would it be an electrical issue. That's my two penneth I'm out of here.
Seems the op has given up _________________ 1957 ford popular |
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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 2680 Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Paul. We don't know the exact symptoms and yes it could be fuel.
We don't know if the problem is the same with a freshly run engine that had fuel in the carb, we don't know anything about the coil, or anything else.
For myself, I just put ideas out there, as do others........ life goes on, and it is not like Mc Donalds. where anything more than 5 minutes is viewed as unacceptable.
The forum is littered with MIA OP's this one could just be busy with other parts of life. |
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7118 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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Paul fairall wrote: | If the car runs why would it be an electrical issue. That's my two penneth I'm out of here.
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Perhaps because the ignition system is marginal and whilst it might work on 6 volts it doesn't quite manage it with the loading of the starter motor.
Peter _________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
1939 SS Jaguar 2 1/2 litre saloon |
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