[AT] Troubleshooting no start

[william.neff.powell at comcast.net]

Ok, joining in, Found on The Road Dead....

I own a 1985 F250 Diesel, it does the job...


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Mark Greer" <greerfam at raex.com>
> 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
> 
> 
> > 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
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> > 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
> > To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > 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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