So after trouble shooting fuel, air, and spark since September....I've come to the conclusion that it's either my plug wires or the previous owner who had reassembled my engine block that's causing weak or inconsistent spark. I'd like to do the wires before I tear it all apart.
Are there any civilian plug wires that will work? Something I can rig up under $100? My original military wires look good....but the ohm readings are iffy.
All I can get is a series of pops, coughing, and backfire. Even wired directly from the battery to the coil tonight, 24.8+V is getting there.
Everything else I've done:
Engine @ TDC when first cranked (checked #6 piston hole on head), distributor and oil pump installed as per rebuild TM. All fluids correct amount. Last owner told me he had aligned the timing marks when assembling the block.
Fuel: New Carter fuel pump, pumping great now with good pressure. Fuel getting to carb. Original Carb just rebuilt by M-Series, almost factory new.
Air: Intake / exhaust manifold disassembled, cleaned, mounted with new gaskets. Air filter has not yet been put on carb for start-up.
Spark: New coil, New rotor, new dist cap, fresh 14 gau wire running from coil to ignition switch (line filter removed). New petronix pointless ignition set installed. New battery lines and ground. 2 new 12v batteries. 6 new autolite plugs gaped to spec.
Oh and not to mention: Water pump tore apart, cleaned, resealed; new thermostat, new hoses, new belt, radiator bench flush "best 60 year old radiator I've ever seen" (fellow who drove M-37's in the 1960's worked on it).
Now I'm to the point of
Are there any civilian plug wires that will work? Something I can rig up under $100? My original military wires look good....but the ohm readings are iffy.
All I can get is a series of pops, coughing, and backfire. Even wired directly from the battery to the coil tonight, 24.8+V is getting there.
Everything else I've done:
Engine @ TDC when first cranked (checked #6 piston hole on head), distributor and oil pump installed as per rebuild TM. All fluids correct amount. Last owner told me he had aligned the timing marks when assembling the block.
Fuel: New Carter fuel pump, pumping great now with good pressure. Fuel getting to carb. Original Carb just rebuilt by M-Series, almost factory new.
Air: Intake / exhaust manifold disassembled, cleaned, mounted with new gaskets. Air filter has not yet been put on carb for start-up.
Spark: New coil, New rotor, new dist cap, fresh 14 gau wire running from coil to ignition switch (line filter removed). New petronix pointless ignition set installed. New battery lines and ground. 2 new 12v batteries. 6 new autolite plugs gaped to spec.
Oh and not to mention: Water pump tore apart, cleaned, resealed; new thermostat, new hoses, new belt, radiator bench flush "best 60 year old radiator I've ever seen" (fellow who drove M-37's in the 1960's worked on it).
Now I'm to the point of