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Re: Just Won't Start - Completely Stumped
[Re: GTX MATT]
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10/25/13 06:23 PM
10/25/13 06:23 PM
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b54406barrel
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Points are the only thing we haven't changed. Have to order them. No one here carries them in stock.
Clean yours up an reset the gap in the mean time. Maybe someone left the key on during shipping and burned them out?
You can file even a badly burned set of points & make them work. I'm guessing that when you say you're getting weak spark, it's at the plug wire? Pull the coil wire out of the distributor and then hold the wire terminal so you can just see a small gap at the top of the distributor coil tower & then crank the motor. If you get a blue spark there, then it's possibly plug wires. You'll need an ohm meter to test the plug wires, if you do get good spark at the coil. Happy testing! 
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Re: Just Won't Start - Completely Stumped
[Re: b54406barrel]
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10/25/13 11:43 PM
10/25/13 11:43 PM
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HairOtheDog
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Change that condenser !!!
If the coil is new,
And your spark is orange,
Your condenser is bad.
Seen and experienced it
many, many times, I've had "new" condensers that were faulty out of the box.
Last edited by HairOtheDog; 10/25/13 11:47 PM.
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Re: Just Won't Start - Completely Stumped
[Re: HairOtheDog]
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10/29/13 07:59 AM
10/29/13 07:59 AM
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Lakeland FL
floridian
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Change that condenser !!!
If the coil is new,
And your spark is orange,
Your condenser is bad.
Seen and experienced it
many, many times, I've had "new" condensers that were faulty out of the box.
Seen this myself.. For the cost its well worth the money and time to try a new one..
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Re: Just Won't Start - Completely Stumped
[Re: floridian]
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11/15/13 09:48 AM
11/15/13 09:48 AM
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Viv
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OK, people. I'm STILL stumped. New distributor cap and rotor. Now getting plenty of spark, plenty of fuel flowing...still won't start. Turns over, starts to sputter like it's going to st art, but nothing. I've changed everything that makes ANY sense re: this problem. Condensers, coils, rebuilt carb, battery, fuel filters, dist. cap & rotor, plugs...wires are new. We've done everything that's been suggested here. Nothing. It's a total mystery. This is a simple engine. It should not be having this problem. And by the way, whoever said that the 383 was a Chevy, um...dude. Really? On a Mopar forum? NOT a small block. That was a mistake. But definitely not a Chevy.
Last edited by Viv; 11/15/13 09:54 AM.
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Re: Just Won't Start - Completely Stumped
[Re: Paul_Fancsali]
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11/15/13 05:57 PM
11/15/13 05:57 PM
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mopar_man
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My suggestion Remove plugs and inject Oil in each cly and leave plugs out for at least 45 minutes install new plugs and or cleaned and dried ones crank engine and make sure choke is working if flood3ed hold on floor with choke open It is possible you are working with a badly flooded engine and gas washed cly walls loosing compression. No chance the timing chain jumped?
. If you get the plugs out , why not give it a compression test at WOT . that will tell you if the chain has jumped. It probably got carbon wires on it which are junk . 
By pass most of the ignition system by running hot wire from + on battery to + on coil. if it runs , don't leave wire on too long as its very hard on points .
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