[AT] Troubleshooting no start

[Ed Stewart]

F O R D= Fix-Or-Repair-Daily. I just got done replacing the 300 six in 
my 84 F-150 4x4. Not bad after 22 years of service, it lost a piston 
skirt but still ran home (with a rather loud rattle) :-) Ed

Mark Greer wrote:
> Flogged On Rebuilt Dodge - I raced Chevy's for years and now I'm driving an
> '05 F150 FX4 - I never thought I'd see the day I'd be driving a Ford but I
> kinda like this one.
> Mark
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
> To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
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> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 6:17 PM
> Subject: RE: [AT] Troubleshooting no start
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>> At the risk of starting something that we really shouldn't ----
>>
>> FORD -- Found On Road, Dead!
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of pga2 at hot1.net
>> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 5:03 PM
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>> Subject: RE: [AT] Troubleshooting no start
>>
>> Dean,
>> This sounds very much like my first car, a '53 Mercury with the flathead
>> V8.
>> You could roll start it very easily, but it wouldn't start worth a plug
>> nickel
>> using the starter. Even jumping it with 12V wouldn't help. I finally
>> broke
>> down and took it to the garage we used and they fixed it by rebuilding
>> the
>> distributor. Seems that when Ford changed from the front mounted
>> distributor
>> to the "normal" looking type, all kinds of starting problems like this
>> cropped
>> up. It's probably where Ford got the "Fix Or Repair Daily" reputation.
>> Check the distributor shaft for wobble and end play. That's my 2¢ worth.
>> Let
>> us know what you find.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >From    : Dean Vinson <dean at vinsonfarm.net>
>> Sent    : Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:02:22 -0400
>> To      : 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject : RE: [AT] Troubleshooting no start
>>
>>
>>     
>>> Thanks for the various suggestions, folks, I'll give them all a try.  I
>>>       
>> haven't checked compression on it yet but will try to do so today.
>>
>> The part that stumps me is what has changed, since the tractor always
>> started easily.  It's had various problems with rotten belts, old
>> wiring,
>> and an improperly hooked up regulator, which I've slowly been working
>> on,
>> but even then it would start right up.  Wouldn't charge and the lights
>> wouldn't work, but it would start.
>>
>> I did switch it back to a 6V battery, instead of using the 8V battery
>> that
>> had been in it when I bought it.  I've made sure all the cables and
>> connections are good and figured that since I had plenty of cranking
>> power
>> the 6V battery would be fine.  But could that higher voltage have been
>> compensating for low spark or low compression somehow?
>>
>> Dean Vinson
>> Dayton, Ohio
>> www.vinsonfarm.net
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
>> DAVIESW739 at aol.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 11:35 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [AT] Troubleshooting no start
>>
>> You have flooded the engine it could be do to low compression or low
>> spark
>> or bad plugs not firing enough. Try again in the morning to se if that
>> helps.
>> You can take the plugs out blow air in the cylinders and the plugs and
>> try
>> that.  But I would do a compression check to make sure.
>> Walt Davies
>>
>> I assume now that you were pulling the choke out that could be the
>> reason
>> for the overload of fuel in the carb.
>>
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