Well It Is Trying To Run

I just came back from garage. charging battery now.

I found TDC. using two methods, paper over the open plug hole and finger on top. They correlated with each other. Knock on wood it looks like i still may have been a tooth off on the oil pump, i have the points set with dwell meter as to when it breaks and the distributer is over a bit. No biggie. So i double checked the location of the wires. Distributer is CCW.

So waiting about 30 minutes to charge battery and i will try again. hopefully this tooth off is teh culprit

 

sending you good vibes! waiting for the good news!

 

OK, maybe it is not the ignition fighting me.
I cranked the rig and used starting fluid. The starter always seemed like it worked fast and fine but it does seem to pop in and out and cause grinding and such. I noticed tonight that if i kept the starter going even when it "seems" to catch and fire, the engine seems like it wants to run and maybe even runs but doesnt catch. Does it make sense that the starter is either slipping off the flywheel or it just isnt fast enough to allow the engine to fire and keep up the cycle?

 

Ok now we are getting somewhere. I retarded the distributer a touch and it fired and idled for about 7 seconds. I retarded a bit more and no start. Tried again and it backfired bad through carb. Retarded a bit more and once again a loud backfire. Guess I need to advance more

 

I am kind of leaning towards the starter. I am noticing it just not seem to be engaging the flywheel very positively. maybe getting partial engagement, and every so often getting full engagement. Sucks that i just put on a new bendix, not sure why it is happening.

 

If it's tuned and adjusted properly, it shouldn't take many revolutions to get it started. If you want to eliminate the starter, put a strap on it and try tp pull start it.

 

If it had brakes i could pull it, i dont want the kids see me run over the neighbors mailbox again by having no brakes

I will put it back to where i was at TDC. it did run a true 7 seconds, i guess that was a start.

 

I am not sure if it is a 6v or 12v starter Patrick. It is what came with the jeep. Jeep was halfway converted to 12v, it had an alternator but it still had a 6v coil.

 

Right where the points close.

 

You want the points to be just on the verge of opening.

 

Sorry, meant that way. I had the volt meter connected and it was on the front lobe of the distributer

 

So I went back at the motor tonight. I took off the fender and looked to see if i could see a timing mark on the flywheel. I thought the flywheel was installed wrong, but i think i just couldnt see the mark. The flywheel is correct and i turned the flywheel to 5 degree mark and adjusted distributer to it opens with a volt meter. I locked it down. I put everything back together and then sprayed some starting fluid in it and cranked it up. Starter still making noises and you can see the crank pulley move nad stop and move and stop, the bendix was not grabbing the flywheel. I also had a real good backfire though the carb, with flames this time, it was spectacular.

I stopped playing with that and took the starter off. My bendix was new and it looked to be in fine shape.
I ran my fingers on the flywheel and i noticed the teeth were very sharp and felt bad



Well it looks like i need a new ring gear. This one is damn chewed up and i did not bother to move the flywheel all the way around to look at other teeth, probably more of the same. Soooooo it looks like i have to pull the motor and get myself a new ring gear. hopefully this is the reason it just is not catching to start.

 

The starter is not bogging down, it just is slipping real bad and at times barely making contact.
I am certain about the timing being set now.
The backfire is not all the tire, i am calling that one on a lean issue.
12v system is confirmed. new coil, new ballast resitor, new plug, cap, rotora plugs