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Originally Posted by 700rpm
As someone here said (Tom W?), "Test, then replace." If you just start throwing parts and money at the car, it can quickly add up, a $1000 in this case, when all he needed was a 5-cent washer. I think this often happens because a guy (I'm not saying this guy) is inexperienced with mechanics or the Model A, panics, and applies a modern attitude toward the problem. A deep breath, patience, some reading, and some close analysis and testing can in most cases sniff out the trouble, and you gain a little more confidence in the car and your abilities to fix it every time you take that approach.
Ward, thanks for the pictures and the explanation.
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I get the call almost every day. It can be very frustrating for a car not to start and often parts are thrown ( thats a good term) at the project and sometimes that dont even work.
Today i have had
four of these and only two were easy fixes and the other two i dont think i ever conected to the guy.
I would like to meet and hang out with " THOSE GUYS" , you know the guys that suggested changing the fuel pump to get hotter spark or the "guy" that said the spark was too weak to start the car ( on a new engine).
Some days i could just explode !!!!!!!!