camino wont start

[El Camino Man]

If your pouring gas down the carb, it should pretty well try to start no matter how fast the motors cranking. Your getting fuel, no doubt, so it HAS to be ignition of some sort. Not sure where though... You don't have a hole in a piston do you lol

 

[82eLCo77C10]

Not that I know of. I have torn it apart. Like I said, it was my dads. So I'm starting in a mess...on a Chevy head, if you are looking from the front on #1 cyl. Does it go intake valve exhaust valve or the other way...

 

[El Camino Man]

Ignore my last post. Im fairly sure a SBC will run on 7 cylinders lol. Actually, Im sure theyd run on 6 if you had the right cylinders lol

 

[82eLCo77C10]

On the heads starting from outer side of #1 cyl. What way do the valve go. Intake exhaust or exhaust intake.

 

[MrMarty51]

E i i e e i i e

 

[82eLCo77C10]

Alright after a month of bein dumb. I got the camino running. It was out of time for sure. As soon as I got it to the tdc this time. (on the right compression stoke). It was about 45degrees out. I drop the distributor back in. Gor everything hooked back up and the wires tucked out of the way. Went to fire it up and bam. First turn of the key! Thank you guys for the help. It is much appreciated.

 

[82eLCo77C10]

Fin

 

[82eLCo77C10]

Dang thing wouldn't let me post my comment and now there is 3

 

[82eLCo77C10]

Another small question. Why are there small flames coming out of the top of the carb every do often? Is that from all the extra fluid I dumped in there when I was trying to get it to start?

 

[HotRodPC]

IF you're getting small flames, that's a good sign that you are getting spark. But it means the timing is off. Timing is way far advanced.
So if backfiing out the exhaust at all too or just the intake?

 

[82eLCo77C10]

It was just the intake. I retarded the timing and they went away. Now she's running like a champ. I just gotta get some different valve covers. Those damn chrome ones always warp. It is leaking pretty good outta the valve cover on the header side of the passengers. Driver side sealed great. But that's an easy one. I'm just glad its up and running again.

 

[El Camino Man]

Congrats!

Timing will get ya every time. Me and my grandpa couldn't get our VW going one time... turns out we somehow had the distributor 180* off... completely backwards lol

 

[HotRodPC]

Cool, so now that it's running? When do we get to see pics of the El Co? You know they're kinda like trucks, and they're kinda square. You can do a build thread in the Other Vehicles section.

 

[El Camino Man]

^^ Lol he makes a point! Maybe I need to post a pic of my El Camino and we can compare lol

 

[82eLCo77C10]

Yep, she's nothing special. I will have to figure out how to post pics from my phone. I would have no idea how to on here.