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tubman · 02-25-2021, 12:26 PM

If you are serious in trying to get this started, I suggest removing the dual carb thingy, bolting your best carburetor directly to the manifold and replacing the spark plugs with new ones (the existing plugs are probably very compromised from the previous attempts at priming the engine in various ways). Make sure you still have spark and gas to the carb. Give it one more try before tearing it down.

If it still doesn't start, you might try turning the distributor 180 degrees and resetting the timing.

02-25-2021, 12:26 PM	#45
tubman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Minnesota, Florida Keys Posts: 10,319	Re: Trouble shoot 1950 8Ba initial start up Help If you are serious in trying to get this started, I suggest removing the dual carb thingy, bolting your best carburetor directly to the manifold and replacing the spark plugs with new ones (the existing plugs are probably very compromised from the previous attempts at priming the engine in various ways). Make sure you still have spark and gas to the carb. Give it one more try before tearing it down. If it still doesn't start, you might try turning the distributor 180 degrees and resetting the timing.