Hello again. Maybe some day I'll be able to contribute but for now I just have questions...
I've got a 69Z (302) that I recently put a restored distibutor and new plugs (gapped to 39) into. I set the dwell at 30deg, timing at 12deg initial (vacuum and all-in timing look good) and the car runs great.
Today I was finally able to take it for what I thought was going to be an extended cruise but when I got 15 minutes from the house it died out at a stop light. It felt like it ran out of gas. I cranked it for a few seconds and nothing...dead.
I pushed it into a parking lot and cranked it over again. It was getting plenty of gas. I took off a spark plug wire and tested spark with a screw driver and the car wanted to start. I put the plug wire back on and boom...it starts right up.
So I turn around and head for home. I get two blocks from the house and the same thing happens. Sure enough, I pull my trusty screw driver out, stick it in the plug wire, get a couple sparks and she starts right up again.
The battery is very weak/old and needs to be replaced but when I check the 'system' with a battery meter, everything is charging at 14.5v consistently.
I thought for sure I burned out the points but it started up again after "the screw driver trick". What the hell is happening?
I've got a 69Z (302) that I recently put a restored distibutor and new plugs (gapped to 39) into. I set the dwell at 30deg, timing at 12deg initial (vacuum and all-in timing look good) and the car runs great.
Today I was finally able to take it for what I thought was going to be an extended cruise but when I got 15 minutes from the house it died out at a stop light. It felt like it ran out of gas. I cranked it for a few seconds and nothing...dead.
I pushed it into a parking lot and cranked it over again. It was getting plenty of gas. I took off a spark plug wire and tested spark with a screw driver and the car wanted to start. I put the plug wire back on and boom...it starts right up.
So I turn around and head for home. I get two blocks from the house and the same thing happens. Sure enough, I pull my trusty screw driver out, stick it in the plug wire, get a couple sparks and she starts right up again.
The battery is very weak/old and needs to be replaced but when I check the 'system' with a battery meter, everything is charging at 14.5v consistently.
I thought for sure I burned out the points but it started up again after "the screw driver trick". What the hell is happening?