Zpenman

Forgot to include the colortune video, it's kind of long, didn't know how to edit it. At about 15 seconds you will see the one and only spark, occurring right when when I first turned the key to start. Bear in mind the car was idling just fine a few days ago, no wiring changes or mods have been performed on this car. z_ignition_problem.MOV

Thanks, will do. I've had a similar experience with the poor quality of brand new junk that is sold these days. Feel like a pup chasing my tail.

I hear ya, had the exact same thing happen with that little black wire. The square nut inside was so loose it almost fell to the bottom of the dizzy, would have been a disaster! Made sure it was tight this time. Probably should go to electronics, just hate getting away from the original design, don't know why, though.

Confirmed fuel level in carbs are good, car wouldn't start, dead as a doorknob. Put the colortune on a plug to confirm no spark. Replaced the ignition capacitor and voila, got a nice, bright spark, the car started and idled just fine. Set the timing to 20 degrees and everything looked good. After about 5 minutes the car just stopped. No warning, no rumbling, just stopped. Checked the colortune and confirmed that once again, there is no spark. I had previously changed out the ballast resistor, the coil, points, and ignition cap just because they were very, very, old. I put back on the old coil and ballast resistor, which were working fine when they were removed, to no effect. Not sure what happened to my spark. Going to take a break from the devil car for a while, lest I do some harm to it. Any ideas are appreciated. Thanks.

I'll check the timing this weekend, set it months ago per recommendations on this forum, don't remember the numbers, though. Didn't drop the oil pump, so the timing should be ok.

Thanks, people. Will try these things this weekend. The second pump I tried was an original Nikki. Have purchased two new brand-new mechanical pumps over the years and neither of them had the volume of the Nikki. They are both taking up space on the garage shelf.

Forgot to mention that the coil, cap, and condenser have already been shotgunned.

Sorry, forgot to mention the problem occurs with a replacement mechanical pump. Didn't exactly measure the flow but it seemed to be pumping out fuel (into a large water bottle) just fine. I'm guessing there isn't a fuel blockage problem if I'm getting a good flow out of the pump? Can the sight-line fuel test be performed if the SUs are still on the car? The dizzy seems to be ok, but it is original. Is there something more I can check on it other than timing/advance? Did have to previously remove the dizzy for some clean-up work. Hope to hell I didn't re-install it a notch off. Thanks!

The car starts fine with choke, idles fine, but is sluggish upon initial acceleration and sounds like it's missing. After it gets going, it runs fine and the power is good. I accumulated a good collection of spares and have shotgunned the coil, condenser, plugs, wires, and ballast. The distributer is original but the timing looks good and advances with increased throttle. I have a second set of SUs and the issue did not change when these were installed. Found a few minor vacuum leaks, fixed them, and they had little effect although it did idle smoother. The spark looked good via the Colortune, but the plugs seem to be a little more sooty than I had expected. Thanks for the feedback, one less thing to think about.

I'm working through some stalling issues on my 71'. The fuel level in my fuel filter varies from about the halfway level in the filter to about 1/2" from the bottom. Does anyone know if the varying fuel levels in the filter are typical for this car? I'm running an original mechanical pump and it's pumping out the fuel just fine. Just going through the process of elimination and this seemed kind of strange. Thanks!

Sweet!

Thanks for the info on the Z432's, guys. Was pretty much unaware of these, good to learn something new.

The high bid was really $250,000? This wasn't a typo?

A thing of beauty, for sure!

Wow!

A work of art!

Awesome!

My '72 (07/71) is a real bear to start with the chokes disconnected. I also live in So. Cal. Not worth the trouble to remove them, imho.

Great, thanks. I've wondered about that for a long time now.

Are the padded covers that covered the center consoles considered stock equipment on the earlier cars? The ones that were hinged on the back. It seems that I see a lot of restored cars with an open console and no cover. Forgive me if this is the wrong message topic. Thanks!

Too bad about the sunroof.

My bad.

To avoid all of the drama, just leave off the model year in your advertisement when selling and include the mfg date (i.e., 7/71) as shown on the data plate.

Sweet!

My Series 2 (07/71) car has the middle chain, although it's quite oxidized compared to yours.