1973 maverick wont start

But it ran with 40 gap before all this

 

Shortest YouTube video I could find on points installation. Cleaner parts and work gloves should be part of this installation procedure!!! Hopefully you get the idea.

Points gap should be .027.

 

A bad condenser will cause weak/erratic spark... In a pinch I once pirated a .1@600v condenser from a junk TV to get to auto parts store to get the real thing... It ran fine on TV condenser, values were same(or at least very similar), just it would never stand the vibration...

 

i put the points at 17 cuse i thought it was 17 ill fix it tommrow but good news is im geting sputers now like its trying but only sometimes and i have to keep the start going for like 10 secs before ill get anything
so ill fix thoes point from 17 to 24 and see if that helps

but at this point plugs are at 28
point 17
cam and crank are chacked and timed right
and all 6 cly have 110 compressstion at least
and more ideas are welcome

 

Decreasing point gap increases dwell time, if anything would make a hotter spark(though does slightly retard timing)... There is nothing listed in previous post that should keep it from running...

My bet is either it has a spark issue or the timing is severely retarded...

 

well its not starting and i dont know why maybe the carb is messed up idk thats the next thing

 

squirt a little ( a spoon full size) gas down the throat of the carb and see what that does.

 

thats what i been doing to feed it fuel

 

timesing gota be off somewhere

 

if tries to run like that, it's a fuel issue...

 

update i can geet it to spater and almost kick over but still no luck idk whats wrong im geting spark fuel is come out the carb like i suppost to onaly way i can get it to almost start is by pushing the gas up down a bunch of times

 

okay gas down carb and start on for about 5 secs i get spaters like it trying to start but thats it any ideas

 

as im crank the car and it trys to start im geting smoke out the vavle cover and the dip stick holes is that normal oe do i have a problem
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I don't think that's a problem but the reason it's doing it is a problem...

 

I'm so lost right now it's not funny it should start would black spark plugs cause it to not start and also 1 and 6 plugs are dry and 4 an 5 are wet when I pull them out and it's gas not water I can smell it also one time I put the dis back in after checking times again I did not unhook the bat and as I put it in it sparked and this part is weird but it ignited and Pop out the hole along with the oil dip stick sound like a missfire could that mean gas is leaking past the rings or vavles