Thread: 51 ford no fire?????

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we have been trying to crank my brothers 51 ford v8 flathead........we are having some problems it wont fire?? we got a wire from the coil goin to the battery and a coble goin to the starter still nothing??????????...........................any ideas?


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When your brother isn't looking pull the coil wire out of the distributor. Ask him to plug it back in. when he grabs it crank the engine. if he gets a shock and calls you a f%#@& you know the coil is working. Hope this helps. it always works for me.

Butt seriously. How long has it been since it last ran? Do you have spark? Is it getting gas?

More than likely the points condensor is bad, they tend to go bad from sitting, this will cause no spark, go to your local auto parts store like napa and get a new 1, just tell them what engine you got and, they will probably have to order 1 but they only cost 10 - 20 bucks. just touch up the old points with a file if they look corroded or burnt, if you need new, there like 15 bucks depending on engine ( the spare set of points I bought for the Falcon cost me 12 bucks, the set of points I bought for the Chevy to make it run, cost me 15, the main thing that was bad with the chevy was the condensor but I replaced the points also ), with fuel, it should fire up.

new condensor and points i done tried holding on to the coil wire while it was off no go.........last time it was cranked probly 15year's ago.......it's not locked up we were dumoing the gas in the carb...........but it's just not geting any fire???

No spark from the coil wire narrows it down to a bad coil or the points aren't gapped right. Or it could be that the starter is draining all the amps when it cranks.

we have tried a couple different coils.......i'm not that good at seting points but (i think) there workin right but i dont know

by the way this is a 6 volt starter and we are useing a 12volt battery onit trying to get it to crank

Originally posted by TRUCKGUY
by the way this is a 6 volt starter and we are useing a 12volt battery onit trying to get it to crank

you dont have 12 volts going to the coil do you?

yeah...it is also a 12volt coil.it cam off of my IH.

Originally posted by TRUCKGUY
yeah...it is also a 12volt coil.it cam off of my IH.

you need to know what the voltage is at the points. you don't wont 12 at the points. the coil may have a resister built in or you need to add one if it don't. 12 volts will cook the points you wont about 7 volts.

ok i dont know anything about electrical stuff when it comes to it i am DUMB i dont even have a test light...........so what do i need and what do i do.........

P.s you dont have to answer if you think that i'm hopless

Originally posted by TRUCKGUY
ok i dont know anything about electrical stuff when it comes to it i am DUMB i dont even have a test light...........so what do i need and what do i do.........

P.s you dont have to answer if you think that i'm hopless

id like to help you get it started, but you need to know a few things. you need to know how much voltage you have at the points 12v will burn them up. can you get a volt meter and check that?

i will try to get one tomorow and check it........or have some one to check it..but i will find it out and post it.

Originally posted by TRUCKGUY
i will try to get one tomorow and check it........or have some one to check it..but i will find it out and post it.

a 12 volt system has around 6-7 volts at the points but that 6 volt system couldnt have had over 6 volts but thats all you need. if you have put 12 volts to it for any time you may have burnt them up. let me know.