ok yes i will eventually get my 72 chevy impala (2door) running right.until then. another question for the exp

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erts! now that ive taken the chevy impala to the fuel specialist and so far got the car cutting off while driving fixed(knock on wood) now im at my girls house and im in the process of parling i park in the parking space and my car cuts off(i have $1500 worht of stereo equipment,equipped with optium? yellow cap battery) i try to restart my car and the engine turns strong suggesting the battery isnt drained... the engine turns hard but wont crank..could it just be bad luck that once i fixed the ful problem thatmy starter is now dead? someone mentioned that the"shingles" on my starter were too tight. anywho my car wont start...any suggestions? thanks

Answer 1

I own a shop, and where did you say you had that thing parked? I need some stereo equipment really bad man!

Do this; work the throttle by hand while you look down the carburetors throat to see if its getting fuel. You may be out, or the pump headed south on you. If fuel is present, then pull a plug wire, and hold it about 1/16" away from a ground source while someone trys to start the engine. You should have a good blue spark. Oh yeah, it will shock the crap out of you, if you don't use something to hold it with. If there is no spark, or a very weak red/orange spark, then remove the distributor cap. Turn the engine over, and watch the rotor button to make sure its turning. If not, then suspect the timing chain is bad. If its turning, then check to make sure you have power to the + wire on the coil, and that it hasn't fell off. Check to see if the coil is putting out. If it has a points type distributor distributor, then check to see if the points are breaking when the engine is turned. Often people will install them & not put any lubrication on the distributor cam, and they won't break releasing the coils charge. If it has an HEI distributor, and you have no spark, then remove the rotor button, and inspect it carefully for carbon trails on both side of it. They have been known to short through the center to the shaft, and not fire. Next; If after you have done all of this, and still didn't find anything, go get a new ignition control module. It sits under the rotor button, has four wires, and is held in place by two small bolts that have a 1/4" hex head on them. Don't forget to use some heat sink under the new one, or it will burn out pretty quick if you don't. It comes with most of them, but some don't, and you have to buy it seperately. This should resolve your problem. You may even have a plugged up fuel filter, if there is no fuel to the carburetor. Check this by removing the line, and bump the starter over a little to see if it pumps fuel.

Starter shims are only necessary on the ones that don't engage properly in the flywheel. If it spins over ok with a good battery, and the ignition timing set right, then you don't need shims. Its very rare to find one that needs to be shimmed. If I bought one that didn't won't to work, then I would take it back and get one that did. They did make some that had to be shimmed, and it must be done using a large paper clip to set the proper mesh beween the teeth of the flywheel, and the starter drive. It's shimmed out until the paper clip wire will fit between the lower groove (between the teeth) of the flywheel, and the high tooth of the starter drive. Too tight, and it doesn't want to turn the engine, too lose, and it will eat the gears up, and make a banging noise when you engage the starter. You must put power to the terminal of the starter solenoid to hold the starter (drive) gear into the flywheel while you check it with a gage (paper clip) that is about .040 - .050" in diameter.

Glad to help out, Good Luck!!!

Answer 2

When you want to adjust a carburator, the BEST way to do it correctly is with a vacuum guage. Plug it in to a main vacuum source and adjust each screw until you get the HIGHEST reading on your vacuum guage. A vacuum guage is a must piece of equipment when working on these older carburator equiped cars. You can tell a lot about the engine by use of a vacuum guage, not just to adjust a carburator. If it comes down to running a compression check on your cylinders, you need to be able to read it correctly as to what it is telling you. Take your plugs out and take a compression check of each cylinder. Crank the engine over about 5 times until you get the highest reading, and then write it down. However, keep an eye on the guage and if you see the dial slowly dropping, you have a leak in that cylinder. If it happens with 2 cylinders side by side, you have either a blown head gasket or warped head at those 2 cylinders. Once you get a reading from each cylinder, the difference between the highest cylinder reading and the lowest should be no more than 15%. If it is more, then it's time for engine work. If you have a steady low reading on a cylinder, get an oil can and squire some oil in that cylinder. If the reading go up, then it is your piston rings. The oil you squire in will temporarily seal around the rings and raise the compression. If it remains low, then you need to take a look at your valves. You have received a lot of good answers to your problem. However, since you are burning a lot of gas, check for a vacuum leak. A vacuum leak will cause you to burn a lot of extra gas. Another symptom of a vacuum leak is that your cars RPM will fluctuate up and down while at idle.

Answer 3

Assuming the battery is fully charged, and delivering full current, there are several possibilities. If the starter is not shimmed properly ( engaging too tight into the flywheel teeth) then it will bind and not turn the engine over fast enough to start. The 'shims' go between the starter mounting, and the transmission bellhousing where the starter mounts to.. they look like thin metal strips, kind of H shaped. They are essential on old school GM engines. Also check your base ignition timing. If it's too far advanced, it will also cause the starter to bind.. it will crank until it hits a cylinder on compression.. and then it will turn hard, or not at all.

Answer 4

you dont need a ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bone head