I just put in a new starter last night and i took off my exhaust pipe to fit it but my manifold is still on the engine. Last night the engine almost started and was firing but not continuously. Now this morning it wont even fire, when i crank it, it sounds like its losing power, but i charged the battery last night. I tried ethanol in the carb once and it still wont go.

 

whenever you put gas in the carb she still don't want to give? maybe timing is off? bad plugs/wires?

 

having the same problem.Iv done everything but replace carb and thats what im doing now. See if your getting fire to your plugs you might not be getting a spark.

 

make sure your getting good power to the distributor/coil. could be a bad connection or your ignition switch could be failing. could try hotwiring it to the coil and see if thats your problem.

 

I emptied out the gas tank and put a gallon in,because the gas was 3 yrs+ old. It cranks but still doesnt fire. I took out my spark plugs to check them a few days ago,and they were perfect. So i put them back in.Do i need new ones?

 

Check and see if you have spark first before buying new plugs, unless it's due for new ones anyway.

if you do have lots of spark and she still wont fire putting gas in the carb, consider a new carb or rebuild kit. Or maybe your timing is way off?

 

just bought new ignition wires and spark plugs. there is no spark but there is gas shooting into the carb.

 

do u have the coil on the distributor. sometimes the carbon *** goes to pieces and doesnt let the spark get to the rotor.

 

Do you have a test light or meter? With the key on, make sure you have power going to the distributor (you should have an HEI).

 

i just replaced the rotor condenser or capacitor (same thing) and cap. it still does not spark i am going to test the wires going to it and see where i can track it back to. any ideas where the battery wire leads to?