I continue my (very) sporadic work on my 1978 Catalina 30. I hope to make more progress as I am down to one child left at home. My older son has also expressed some interest in helping.
To make a long story short, I just completed a complete rewire and new control panel. I have a Moyer new block engine that I purchased quite a few years ago. It has not really done anything in the interim as I have not really done anything. I have installed FWC (the Indigo kit with electric circulating pump).
Went to start today and got no firing. I pulled a plug and set it the head: I could observe sparking when cranking.
I put my nose in the spark plug hole and could not smell gas. I pulled the fuel line off the carb and put in a coffee can - no fuel. I bypassed the OPSS and fuel shot into the coffee can. I put the fuel line back on the carb with OPSS bypassed.
No firing when cranking. I pulled a plug and did my nose in the hole smell again - could smell no gas.
SO:
My concern was that I messed up my wiring - but all seems to work well, and see spark when I sit a plug on the head and crank.
I believe I have fuel to the carb. I pulled the throttle all over, back and forth, choke closed - can smell no gas in the cylinder when I pull a plug.
This makes me think carb. I have never touched the carb: it is as it came from Moyer. It has basically sat for years. I assume something is stuck. My next reading will be the Moyer manual on the carb.
In the interim, does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
To make a long story short, I just completed a complete rewire and new control panel. I have a Moyer new block engine that I purchased quite a few years ago. It has not really done anything in the interim as I have not really done anything. I have installed FWC (the Indigo kit with electric circulating pump).
Went to start today and got no firing. I pulled a plug and set it the head: I could observe sparking when cranking.
I put my nose in the spark plug hole and could not smell gas. I pulled the fuel line off the carb and put in a coffee can - no fuel. I bypassed the OPSS and fuel shot into the coffee can. I put the fuel line back on the carb with OPSS bypassed.
No firing when cranking. I pulled a plug and did my nose in the hole smell again - could smell no gas.
SO:
My concern was that I messed up my wiring - but all seems to work well, and see spark when I sit a plug on the head and crank.
I believe I have fuel to the carb. I pulled the throttle all over, back and forth, choke closed - can smell no gas in the cylinder when I pull a plug.
This makes me think carb. I have never touched the carb: it is as it came from Moyer. It has basically sat for years. I assume something is stuck. My next reading will be the Moyer manual on the carb.
In the interim, does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
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