Thread: question about my 235 chevy

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Not to be a smart A$$ but do you have gas??

Originally Posted by stoveboltkid'58

Hey guys

well we ended up going with the 390 holley with the clifford water ehated manifold and fenton split exhausts. REally great package, at least for me. Still working for the dual exhausts all the way back cause well, whats the point of split headers on a six with no duals, right?!?!

Anyways thanks for all the ehlp and i will know where to come for more questions

B

Now ya gotta run them thru some Smittys Mufflers. THe sound of these on split 6's is really cool.

JMO,


Don

also as a side note. the fenton headders won't work with the clifford manifold unless u modify them to fit togther, shouldn't be to hard tho.

Originally Posted by cffisher

Not to be a smart A$$ but do you have gas??

its common sense to check the gas i came here to ask a question not to have someone try to bust my ball. if you dont know dont answer old man

leadsledchevy52, I'm guessing you put in a 12V battery, and you fired up the engine, all of this is ok, if you have a 12v conversion on the car, up until 1955 Chevy used 6v - ground systems on all vehicles. if it is still 6v, what you have done is fried everything and that's why you cannot get it to run. the main reason it won't run tho, is because the points are cooked, possibly the coil. the coil is designed to see 6-9 Volts, and the points run the output, which is less than what a true 12 volts would, normally with a points ignition, and 12 v, you have a ballast resistor or a resistor wire that reduces voltage to 6-9 volts, your 6v system dosn't have ither, because it is 6v, there for the points got overheated and cooked enough you can't start it again. bad thing is, along with frying the points, that is the least expensive of your troubles, you also fried your radio possibly, some of the lights and all of the electric gauges if they were hooked up. but as Cfissher said, check the gas, maby the tank is full but, rust scale, debris from old gas/ varnish could have plugged up the pickup tube or sock, maby somewhere in the line.

its common sense to check the gas i came here to ask a question not to have someone try to bust my ball. if you dont know dont answer old man

That attitude is going to get you a lot of help . . . not! You'd be surprised how many people miss the simplest thing. It doesn't hurt to double check. Some folks might even miss an easy one - like using the wrong battery.

Your 216 needs gas, compression, and spark to run. Gas, check for too little, or too much. Spark is easy, pull a wire and turn 'er over, see if it sparks. Compression, well, it started once, must have enough. Same for timing. My guess is the fuel line plugged, or the needle valve or float are dirty. Try priming it with a dribble of gas down the carb throat. Good idea to have a good fire extinguisher handy when firing up an engine that you don't know.