Thread: 352 stalled now no spark

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I have a 67 F-100 with a 352 and when I was backing out of my driveway it stalled out. I tried starting it to the point that the battery died. I checked for spark and there wasnt any. The wire to the positive pole of the coil has voltage when I turn the key on. I also checked the distributor and there is power. I changed the points and condensor with new parts I had laying around. I also had a new coil and put that on. No change. The only thing I can think of is the points got out of adjustment when I was messing with it before. Did I miss something?

adjust the points to .017, check the dwell, 30 to 32 degrees.

Check for power at the points themselves. The wire in the dist. sometimes breaks inside the insulation.

Originally Posted by R Pope

Check for power at the points themselves. The wire in the dist. sometimes breaks inside the insulation.

That happend to me one time bout drove me crazy trying to find it

Ok Ill check the wire tomorrow, I thought I did already but probably not

Not to make it a bad day, but make sure the distributor rotor is turning while you crank it over, I dont know how fresh the FE is but could have popped the chain?. I am not a Ford guy so im just basing that on my 165k chevy experience! lol, good luck

Good idea, I didnt get that far yet, Ill check tomorrow

Originally Posted by sleeve396

Not to make it a bad day, but make sure the distributor rotor is turning while you crank it over, I dont know how fresh the FE is but could have popped the chain?. I am not a Ford guy so im just basing that on my 165k chevy experience! lol, good luck

Very good advice. Many old FORD FE and small block motors have nylon teeth on the cam gear. Wear and streached timing chains eventually knock all the teeth off and the engine stop is sudden.

Pop the distributor cap, short across the solenoid and see if the rotor is turning. Even if it turns it could still have the cam timing off. You can usually "hear" the difference in the sound of the engine cranking over with this problem. Also you can quickly check the compression to confirm or discount this possibility.