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Sheryl57

Hi Everyone!

I appreciate the input on my problems with my car. We did what you suggested...the timing chain appears to be alright. We removed the distributor cap, marked the rotor, turned over the engine, the rotor is moving.

The valves work off the lifters. 5 cylinders or dead. All of the intake valves would not open at the same time. Am I right? Does anyone know if there is anything electrical that would cause this to act this way. Or if there might be a safety wire to keep it from starting because of something else that could be wrong? What about a cover on the exauhst coming from under the carbeurator that opens & closes. We were told to put WD-40 on that because it looked a little stiff, maybe it isn't supposed to open & close that easily?

Any suggestions would be a help!!

Thanks.

Sheryl:)

hemiparts

Assuming that you have not had the engine apart and that at one time it did run, and assuming that all of the mechanicals are moving as they should (rockers, lifters, etc. move freely), then you need three things for the engine to fire: AIR, FUEL, AND SPARK. The air part is a given; do you have fuel through the carb? do you have adequate spark at all of the plugs? Start at the 'end' and work backward. A factory service manual is a very valuable tool in this endeavor, and it can be just about any service manual if it has similar 'systems'. That means that a manual for a new car with fuel injection and COP (coil-on-plug) would not be your best choice, but a manual for a 66 Buick would probably work well. Good luck.

Oldcar_Mechanic

Cylinders as in "no compression?" You need to do a cylinder leakage test to find the answer.

NO, all the intake valves do not open at the same time.

Ron

See your other post

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