Ready to push it off a cliff..... car wont start.

thats why i suggested the ether. For some reason i don't have good luck trying to clear them after they flood with this fuel. but a shot of ether and it will start right up and clears out.

Make sure the battery is fully charged.

Battery is/was charged. It started to run down with all the cranking, so I even tried to jump it off another car.....

its the way the msd is wired thats wrong just went through that.car would not start.crank it would have spark let off key no spark.this thing let out the loudest backfire i ever herd dont no how the mufflers were still there raw fuel from crankin on it.u need ign 1 & ign 2 hooked together dogg

fully charged battery, new plugs, healthy shot of ether starting fluid. And the dist timing hasn't been changed while trying to get it started this time?.

Distributor hasn't been touched, so timing should be good.
I'm heading out to the store to see if I can find some ether (have never seen it over here before.... so fingers crossed).

yes that eather should realy let out a bang u will think it 4th july big time

is it msd dist & box?????

How long has it been sitting? If it has sat more than 3 or 4 months, you may need to pour a small amount of gas down the carb . It should fire up and run for at least 3 or 4 seconds , until that fuel burns out. At least that way you know the problem is not the electrical, and you can focus on the carb / fuel pump .
You said it's getting fuel though ? This means you looked inside the carb while working the throttle linkage , and actually saw a good stream of gas squirting into the carb. Correct ?
If you think you are indeed getting fuel, and may have flooded it, hold the accelerator pedal to the floor while cranking (do not pump) .
If you prime the carb with a little gas, and it does not at least fire up and run 2 or 3 seconds ,
then I'd say you need to look for a spark problem , but right now I would lean toward needing a new fuel pump, or rebuild the carb if it has sat uncranked for more than a few months.

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Car ran last week, and no wiring has been changed.
Definitely getting gas, as verified from watching it squirt.
Also tried priming it with gas directly.
Also cranked it with the throttle wide open in case it was flooded.
Just got home from the parts store.... A healthy squirt of ether didn't help.
I'm going to pull the plugs out and have a look right now.

Thanks for all the help so far.

pull plugs spin it over get all that crap out it then fix the wireing

Doubt this is it -- but I had the same issue that you are having with my Duster -- ran one week and the next I couldnt get anything to work right. I had spark, timing, everything was the same, I pulled the plugs and realized a few of them were burned up and only after a few months of mild driving so pull the plugs, maybe you have a few bad ones?

Pulled the plugs. They're all black and wet.
The reason the car had been sitting for so long (finally 'fixed' last week), was due to an off-idle rich condition, so I'm not surprised that the plugs are fouled.
I'll give 'em a bit of a clean, and see what happens from there.

I wouldn't waste time cleaning them, just put a new set in... My experience is once they foul, they are gone....

They're out and cleaned (the plugs), but I have to run off to a prior engagement. Unfortunately, the plugs wont have time to get reinstalled for another 24hrs.

But I WILL post the results, good or bad.

I know I should just toss a new set in, but over here they're about $4 a pop, so I don't want to put a new set in just to find out that it wasn't the problem....Cheer

clean then litghtly and get the dry. I think they were just wet fouled... And it may be worth buying two sets at once...lol.

do you have a ballist resistor?