Distributor among many others

Post by **patrickc** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:52 pm

Among the many problems I have created for myself I have some new ones. First things first. I was replacing the Dizzy, probably really screwed that up and could not get it started again, and killed the battery very hard starting anyway. So i started all over went to TDC and reinstalled dizzy pointing rotor to #1 wire, figured if it would not start there I would only be 180 out. Installed new battery and it cranked over a few times but did not start. Went to crank it one more time and it will only click now and not turnover anymore. I barely cranked this battery and it is brand new and made sure battery connections were tight. So among the many laughs everybody can have about how many things I know I didn't do right, I just want to get it running again.

Viperwolf1 · Post by **Viperwolf1** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:22 pm

Battery can be new and cables could be corroded or have bad connections. Charge battery and clean all the connections. When I say clean I mean bare shiney metal. While the battery is charging find the compression stroke on #1 and set the distributor correctly.

Post by **patrickc** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:36 pm

Nothing is corroded and everything seems to be tight.

Viperwolf1 · Post by **Viperwolf1** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:21 pm

May be too far advanced. Charge the battery and do the re-timing thing.

Post by **airbur** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:34 pm

You might put a meter on the battery to determine its charge. If its good, maybe you cranked the rest of the life out of the starter?

Post by **patrickc** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:06 pm

Took Battery back and it is fully charged, no corrosion on cables and everything is tight and it still just clicks. Could it be a bad relay, is there a way to test for this.

Post by **patrickc** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:47 pm

Well I got it to turnover, loose wire on the starter, it almost wants to start but I must be out of alignment in the distributor still.

Post by **Gunnibronco** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:44 pm

In the future, if you want to check your starter solenoid, you can use a remote starter. Or the quick and dirty way is to quickly short across the 2 terminals(battery & starter posts) of the solenoid, and see if the starter cranks. There will be some fireworks when you make the connection. Don't use a pair of pliers unless you don't like those pliers. Oh yeah, make sure the truck is out of gear.

Post by **sbolt19** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:28 pm

Gunnibronco wrote: Oh yeah, make sure the truck is out of gear.

Are you speaking from experience on this one? :laughing2:

Post by **Gunnibronco** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 5:46 pm

I may have tapped a key with a truck on jack stands, in gear, once. I'm a quick learner.

Post by **patrickc** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:16 pm

Most be getting closer, it almost starts but backfires. I think I'm about done for the night.

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