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Old Man with a Hat
Well I'm fresh out of ideas on this one and not too proud to admit it. This car simply wont start, it wont even kick with starter fluid down the carb.
The car is a 440 TNT Chrysler 300 that came here not running but was told it had ignition issues.
So I went through and checked the system a number of times. There was originally a MSD ignition in place and it had plenty of kick (Ask Cbody Bob about this, I think it took me five mins to revive him)
Anyway long story short, we bought a brand new OEM Electronic Ignition system that included a new blue ECU box, new ballast resistor, new distributor and new wiring harness. All of this was installed as per specs (I have done them before but always double check against the instructions anyway)
Hit the ignition to check for spark, yay yes! It's working! So I put some starter fluid down the carb and hit it again, no bueno.
Hmm, double check the timing, got it TDC with the timing mark and also checked the piston to make sure it was at the top of the bore with valves closed (took the rocker cover off), yup, all is correct, so it cant be 180 degrees out. I also checked the timing mark too to make sure the Harmonic balance hadn't slipped. It all looks fine.
So we have compression, we have proper timing, we have proper valve opening and shutting in relation to the piston and we have spark, it should at least fire or something, but there is nothing.
What have I forgotten?
The car is a 440 TNT Chrysler 300 that came here not running but was told it had ignition issues.
So I went through and checked the system a number of times. There was originally a MSD ignition in place and it had plenty of kick (Ask Cbody Bob about this, I think it took me five mins to revive him)
Anyway long story short, we bought a brand new OEM Electronic Ignition system that included a new blue ECU box, new ballast resistor, new distributor and new wiring harness. All of this was installed as per specs (I have done them before but always double check against the instructions anyway)
Hit the ignition to check for spark, yay yes! It's working! So I put some starter fluid down the carb and hit it again, no bueno.
Hmm, double check the timing, got it TDC with the timing mark and also checked the piston to make sure it was at the top of the bore with valves closed (took the rocker cover off), yup, all is correct, so it cant be 180 degrees out. I also checked the timing mark too to make sure the Harmonic balance hadn't slipped. It all looks fine.
So we have compression, we have proper timing, we have proper valve opening and shutting in relation to the piston and we have spark, it should at least fire or something, but there is nothing.
What have I forgotten?
