chargerbandit

I have just done some testing, good compression on all cylinders 130-140psi which means my valve job/piston replacement is good. I havent messed with the timing chain at all. I also tried with another coil and igniter, cap and rotor, ignition cables, there is spark always. Here are some pics of everything I hooked up, I'm concerned with the distributor, when the engine is at 0 degrees the rotor is way off its mark? I also put a bunch of fresh fuel but I guess that doesnt matter too much, even pouring fresh gas into the carb made no difference, fuel filter is clean, all lines are new, the white fuel bowl by the tank is new. Put a timing light to it while cranking, didn't seem like it was flashing just right, I'm no expert but I couldn't see the crank mark either.

Yeah I'm a bit too young to know about carbs, I've build fuel injected engines before and made em run but this is new to me. I've read the Skoda workshop manual and I have a better idea what goes on now. Pretty much pouring fuel or spraying brake clean doesn't make it start... if I pump the carb by hand I can see fuel spraying in the primary but no start. My next step is compression test and timing light to see if it's firing when its supposed to. Spark did seem a little weak, I'm 99% sure I hooked up the coil right but might be a bad ground.

Hi everyone. I just put my motor back together after years of sitting, used to run fine but I wanted to regasket everything and I had to replace one cylinder. I didnt mess with the timing chain or anything but I did resurface the head, did the seats of the valves etc all of the good stuff. Now Ive put it back together and it wont fire up, it did sputter and backfire for a bit but now nothing. I pumped fuel with the manual pump and there is fuel, also took the feed from the carb off and when cranking there is fuel... but looking into the carb when cranking there is no fuel coming in? Also pumping the manual pump I could see fuel coming out the top of the carb for a while but now pumping manually does nothing unless I take the hose off the carb, then it starts pumping again. Also possible electrical issue? I think I have connected everything right, I put the distributor back on the way it was but even when the crank pulley is at 0 the marking on the distributor case is not aligned with the rotor arm? I do have spark. Thanks for any tips.