Another 1.3 non start thread lol

[John]

I've been trying to get a 1.3 running that has stood for some years. It cranks, splutters into life for a few secs then cuts out again. If you then re-crank it'll just crank till it blows back out the top of the carb.
The fuel pump is good, and i'm running off a dummy tank. It's timed up correctly, and yes i have the leads on the right way! I'm thinking the exhaust is blocked, as when it fired it pelted the garage door with rotten sh*t lol. Any other suggestions i've overlooked? :)

[mowgli]

have you cleaned out the carb?
is the coil good
what are the earths like?

what is it fitted in?

if the 1.3 is really old, it could well have a ballasted coil setup, and needs a booster wire from the starter. but it is only an early astra mk1 / kadett that has that setup..

cam timing?

[John]

Nope not cleaned the carb. The 1.3 had 40's on it originally, but i'm trying to get it to run on a 2e.

Cam timing is bang on. Have a new coil, will go and try it.

[mowgli]

are all the pipes in place on the manifold??

if you are worried about the exhaust, just remove it... its not like you live in a cul de sac with houses backing on to you lol

[John]

are all the pipes in place on the manifold??

if you are worried about the exhaust, just remove it... its not like you live in a cul de sac with houses backing on to you lol

yep, apart from the water pipes. Will drop it off tommorow night and see what happens. lol

[Edd]

Oh how I feel your pain lol

[John]

Oh how I feel your pain lol

lol I'm gonna rectify a few faults i've just seen and see how i go. The coil where it mounts to the body is cruddy, and the inlet gasket looks pap too.

[Edd]

The coil earthing through the inner wing was one of my problems, caused I weak spark I reckon, coil bracket and small section of inner wing bate metal sorted that

[John]

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l240/tooleater16v/wire048.jpg

Ok, does this wire need to be connected for it to run?

[mowgli]

i don't think its vitally important... have you tried rigging a +ve to it?

[mk1nova_rich]

Its the fuel solenoid isnt it? I always connect up to this so can't tell you if it works without

[John]

It's just connected to some sort of vac system. Should it have a 12v switched feed?

[mk1nova_rich]

Yes

[John]

ok cool, that's the next port of call then :)

[mk1nova_rich]

Its almost definitely a wiring related problem - try this, then go through all your earths and check them again :thumb:

[Southie]

What colour have your plugs gone John?

[mowgli]

pink?

[Southie]

pink?
Fueling wise baldylocks...

[mowgli]

i think they are just soaking wet

[Southie]

Just trying to see if it's under or overfueling Mowgli, that's all.

[John]

yep they're fuel fouled.

Should there be a plug on the 1.3 loom or not?

[mowgli]

there should be, i had a quick scan in haynes but failed to find it. i'd guess its an ignition live feed.

is the advance/retard diaphragm working?

i assume its a pierburg.

[John]

yep it's a pieburg 2e. The vac advance won't stop it from starting will it? Dropped the exhaust off tonight, and it'll run for a bit longer. Still running on 2/3 tho.