Dinky26 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Went through high water tonight on way home from work. I bailed out of the street into a drive, was idling like a carp out of water, tried to feed it more fuel didn't seem to make it worse but not any better either. After a couple of minutes it died then couldn't get it started again. Thought it was just vapor locked cause it was backfiring through the Weber 32/36 and then through the exhaust sometimes not every time. So I let it sit for 15 minutes before trying again & same thing. I though maybe I'd be better letting it sit for longer like 45 minutes, still no luck coming back through the carb. I looked for vac hoses that may have come off and saw nothing out of place. Do I need to take the carb apart or let it sit over night and see what it does in the morning? Other thoughts?? Thanks for any input in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee2 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 wet distributor ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch de la Brat Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Check your wires and distributor. Dry them all thoroughly and try to fire it over again. Twitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l75eya Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Remove all four spark plugs and crank it a bit. Then replace them (may as well check gap while they are out) and try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmashedGlass Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I'd second you having gotten a wet dizzy. If it ran for several minutes after, no matter how crappily, it pushed any water it inhaled into the cylinders out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinky26 Posted June 25, 2014 Author Share Posted June 25, 2014 I actually got a new cap and points a while back, I'm thinking I should just replace them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinky26 Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 Well got the wrong cap and points for her. . . . On a better note you were right, the dizzy got too wet. Fired right up tonight, almost took this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmashedGlass Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 I'm not sure how well this works, having never experienced it before on one of my own cars, but when I was young my father always carried a spray can of WD-40 in his cars. I remember him having to spray it into a dizzy that got wet, and this worked to clear out the moisture from the points and get the car going again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l75eya Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Water-Displacement formula 40 (WD-40) that's exactly what it is designed to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinky26 Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) Went to go to work in it today and it played dead as a door nail, absolutely nothing when I turned the key. I had just it running last night a couple of times turning off and on. Didn't have time to play with it, so i just took the Tahoe instead. Turned the key when I got home, same thing. Turned the key one more time and I heard a click, real faint & the light bulb came on starter isn't getting a good contact some how, not the cable coming from the battery, I wiggled the little wire with the clip connecter on it. .bingo took right off. Must have been some water create just enough bad contact, ALL GOOD NOW :) Edited June 27, 2014 by Dinky26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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