I'm registered to have car judged at Winter Regional starting tomorrow. Last night I was checking operational things, headlights opening / closing, radio, heater fan, washer pump, etc. Tonight when I went to load the car on the trailer I found that I left the ignition on last night. The battery was dead. I connected a charger, restored the battery, but when I tried to start it, it seemed to fire briefly but died immediately. Tried multiple times, same result but once there was a backfire.
I changed the coil. No start. I changed the fuel filter to a new one even though the one on it was full of fuel. No start. I figure the fuel pump is OK since the fuel filter was full. The car was running yesterday and the only thing funny was an erratic idle (too low and wanting to stall). I made a slight adjustment to the idle speed screw and re-started it. It idled at ~1500, a little too fast but I let it go and planned to adjust it today after seeing how it idled. I'm working alone so there are some tests I can't make (such as cranking while observing a spark plus for spark).
I need to leave at 6AM to get to Lakeland in time for Ops check, but unless I can figure out what the problem is, I can't even get it on the trailer. Any suggestions?
It is a 64, L84 FI. The FI unit was restored by John De Gregory some 50 miles ago and has run fine until tonight.
Thanks in advance,
Doug Loeffler
I changed the coil. No start. I changed the fuel filter to a new one even though the one on it was full of fuel. No start. I figure the fuel pump is OK since the fuel filter was full. The car was running yesterday and the only thing funny was an erratic idle (too low and wanting to stall). I made a slight adjustment to the idle speed screw and re-started it. It idled at ~1500, a little too fast but I let it go and planned to adjust it today after seeing how it idled. I'm working alone so there are some tests I can't make (such as cranking while observing a spark plus for spark).
I need to leave at 6AM to get to Lakeland in time for Ops check, but unless I can figure out what the problem is, I can't even get it on the trailer. Any suggestions?
It is a 64, L84 FI. The FI unit was restored by John De Gregory some 50 miles ago and has run fine until tonight.
Thanks in advance,
Doug Loeffler
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