The '80 is Not starting again

[marquisman]

what is the condition of that car by the way?

[Dave84]

its in very nice condition, havent you seen my readers rides thread? there is only a spot on the pass side frame rail under the A arm i have to fix, other that that its nice, vynel top needs replacing tho,

[1987LTDmasta]

carburetors FTL

this is why i'm a holy believer in Fuel injection.


never in a lifetime should you be having to pump the pedal a million times for it to start. if you have to, then your carb is fubar. if it was my car, i'd rip that junk off and put in fuel injecton.

[Dave84]

meh i have no beef with carbs, i dont have to pump it like that now anyways, 2 pumps and she fires,

[marquisman]

i hate EFI carbs rule. the only reason i went EFI on the wagon is cuz i want it to pass emition testing.

[gadget73]

Hmm thats weired, the plugs didn't look that bad. Someone at work tole me if you flood the motor it will wreck the spark plugs. Once the electrodes get soaked with gas they are fucked. Is this true?

It depends. If they're heavily fouled with fuel, usually they won't fire. Blowing them off with air is usually fine and they'll be OK. If they do get really wet and the engine eventually starts, it can cook the fuel onto the insulator and cause it to leave a conductive path to ground so it won't spark as reliably. If it gets oil fouled, it bakes the goo on there and the spark usually leaks to ground instead of firing the cylinder.

[Dave84]

just thaught id take a video of how it runs, so u all can see why she needs rebuild. u can relly here that spun bearing

[85MercPark]

Ah, the famous death rattle..

When someone says there car is making noises I ask

is it tickity tick
tappity tap
knockity knock or
rappity rap..


That be rappity rap...

[Dave84]

lol yea so i dont run it to long case i dont wanna throw the rod, and wreck the block, soon she will be all better tho

[marquisman]

nice! lol a good excuse to put nice power into that vic!

[1987cp]

Glad you got it started! That first vid sounded like when I tried to start the '81 I'm getting; pumping the gas more and more seemed to help it, so possibly the accelerator pump is trashed and/or the choke isn't choking (no fast idle cam engagement). I hadn't known that about fouling out the plugs by flooding the engine ... kind of makes sense, though. Similar situation here, though - that motor isn't staying in the car, so all I care is that my EDL-1403 is still in good shape.