It sounded like you may have got the wires on wrong. But that would not account for 2 cly. not firing. Could be you have two fold plugs. caused by wire location being wrong. I'd check your firing order, wire location. 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2. then check your plugs starting with the 2 that are not firing. See if that takes care of problem.anim_25

 

which two are not firing..? Ensure the cap is down all the way in the back and that it is locked into the endexing lug at the base of the distributor.

 

Is it a Gm style HEI,if so make sure the screws retaining the coil didn't go thru the bottom of the cap.I know this sounds silly,but I have seen it b
efore more than once

 

I triple checked everything with connections and the wires in the right fireing order the problem just went away. I went ahead and replaced the intake man. too. I got the reg stock edelbrock intake. so.. I started it this morning to head off to work and she fired up quick no problems.. went inside to let it warm up came back out like 10 mins later and put it into drive and gave it some gas and it stalled.. the timing was right on the money last night. It seems like the carb isn't spraying gas. the fuel filter is full with gas and I have 1/2 tank. I sprayed down the carb with cleaner b4 I put it back on too. My guess would be the jets or a fuel line is crimped .. any other ideas?

 

Wondering did you pull the plugs and look at them? What type carb is it? Could be your fuel pump? Did you check your pressure? anim_25

 

New Carb...? if not could be accelerator pump, or vacuum advance hooked up, on the correct fitting, there is ported and manifold vacuum ports. This is assuming that it was totally warmed up and the choke works...! too check accelerator pump with engine off air cleaner off, peer down in the carb primary side with flashlite, work the throttle, you should get a steady stream of fuel squirting out of the nozzles, if its just spitting or broken streams replace the pump assembly thru most auto parts stores, if its good we move on to something else.

 

sorry been a sec b4 I could get on here and let yall know. I did change the carb pump. re cleaned everything setting float lvl's and so on. I found that one of the wires were bad. and the carb just started working fine now. It was giving me a run for my money I can tell ya that. But she is back on the road and happy as a clam. Just a few other things I am going to attack after Christmas break once I save up some money. Ill post it in the right area. Thanks for letting me pick yalls brains!

 

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