[AT] Step one: Stop being an idiot

[Richard Fink Sr]

Will i had one some what like these. Son has a 72 nova i think 283 engine. 
Had exhaust leak bad y pipe so we replaced it. he went to votec to pick up 
his brother coming home it started running bad longer he went worse it got 
till it stopped completey. called me and we towed it home try to start it 
and it sounded like timing was off. So we replaced the timing chain re set 
dist. Run about 5 seconds quit. Had a good mechanic come in and check our 
work every thing ok. It took 4 days trying different things off an other 
running car still nothing. Was sitting eating supper when it hit me told 
son go out and loosen that  y pipe at manifold and try it, Pipe had swelled 
shut where the two come together. put on another y pipe and it ran great 
for years.
Tractor part worked on it in same garage that soon housed old tractors.
ain't life great
R Fink
PA



At 10:15 PM 9/30/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>If I had a dollar for every stupid thing I've overlooked when trying to
>start an engine...
>A few times I have been stumped with old two strokes that would idle but had
>very little power... Turned out to be clogged exhaust pipes...
>
>I believe with engines you need to start at the very beginning... What are
>engines = "Heat Pumps". An explosion has to happen which makes heat, that
>expands and pushes a piston down and so on and so on... For engines that
>don't start, I always try to think about that explosion and why it isn't
>happening.... Compression, Spark, Fuel, timing... And, I always say, when in
>doubt, change the spark plug, even if the one in it is new!