Hot Rods Not Starting (here's one for ya!) RESOLVED

And 89 % of statistics are made up !!!

 

Glad it turned out to be something simple external.
Poor truck won't get driven more now!

 

31vicky with a hemi......indeed!
live and learn.......

 

Flowmeister......oh so not true.....switch every other day and if raining it's the truck!

 

Excellent!! Drive till it snows!! Pete

 

prpmmp.......plan on it!

 

I knew we could do it!
At least you don't get fireants in your computer like my son's OT truck.

 

fireants....ouchhhh

 

Hmm, I always thought a bad condenser showed up as a lazy yellow spark. Not so with yours?

 

Glad to hear it's running again, especially for such a small part/fix/cost.

 

I've kinda got the same thing going on. Ford 390 in our '47 wouldn't start yesterday. Set points and got it to start but ran really rough. Checked points, timing, condenser replaced last Sunday. Had just driven 80 miles no issues. Replaced points fired up and ran perfect. Drove about 15 miles no issues. Go to start it this morning and it barely runs when it fires up like before I replaced points. All it did was sit overnight.?????

 

Humidity/condensation under your distributor cap, perhaps?

 

Got it figured out. Put old condensor back in just to try and it runs like it should again.

 

I put Pertronix ignition in all my distributors. Had too many new condensers fail and the Pertonix doesn't need them.