cant get my 78 monte carlo started
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yeah its a new battery 750 CCA, the starter is an after market high crank powermaster... I'm against the wall on this one
GhettoRacingKid said:
I seriously just bought the battery a week ago... I'll try jumping it though... thanks for ur help brother!
GhettoRacingKid said:
I feel like i need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity to get it started or something hahahaha
jkponce said:
Hahah. Thats funny. Ive had my fair share of electrical issues. Luckily my week old battery was shot after i killed it and 100% free replacement.
Is it cranking? You could have a draw somewhere also
Is it cranking? You could have a draw somewhere also
Hey just watched your youtube video. I'm thinking the reason you're having a tough time getting it to turn over is the timing. Looking in the video you have the vacuum advance hooked to full time vacuum port. First unhook the distributor line all together from the carb, cap the carb port and set your timing to 14-16* initial or so (it may be off a ways because of the way the advance was hooked up). Adjust your idle speed to where you want it then check the timing again. Moving speed and timing until both are where you want. Then switch the distributor vacuum advance to the timed vacuum port on the front passenger side. In my 20 years of building engines 99% of the time the car runs and behaves better this way(For street driven car). Also when you route your vacuum line make sure that you don't have it laying across the linkage of the carb, just let it hang under it. I saw in your video that the line is laying on the linkage. I've seen guys do this and it gets caught in there under full throttle and holds it open (tends to make an OH sh*t! moment) LOL. I guarantee it will fire up a lot easier hooked this way. As far as the "click" but no start, maybe the starter solenoid has a bad spot in it (could try tapping on it). Either that or you have a bad connection somewhere, check voltage at the starter and check your ground at the block. Also do you have a ground from engine to frame and body? Seen those do weird things too. Hope these ideas help and you get it fixed.
Holy crap good to know!! thank you so much crotchss and GhettoRacingKid this information is very helpful! I will for sure make those chances and check all that....the negative on the battery is connected to the alternator
crotchss said:
The alt bracket or the output lug on the back?
The stock location for the ground is the alt bracket. It grounds the whole car or should. A chromed or painted mounting spot could cause a weak ground.
Im a firm believer in grounding. I have multi grounds off the battery to the frame, body etc.
There also should be a ground strap at the back of the motor attached to the firewall.
The stock location for the ground is the alt bracket. It grounds the whole car or should. A chromed or painted mounting spot could cause a weak ground.
Im a firm believer in grounding. I have multi grounds off the battery to the frame, body etc.
There also should be a ground strap at the back of the motor attached to the firewall.
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