Re: 38 Packard wont start

Posted by HH56 On 2010/6/27 11:22:41

Not sure what you used for replacements and might not explain why firing one time not the next but there have been reports of replacement mismatches here and on AACA in last year or so.

New supposedly correct caps were not making contact with rotors--either due to length of rotor tip or depth of cap--either the center button wasn't making reliable contact or tip to plug output too far or high. Another was of new rotors looking identical but upon turning upside down and checking, the index to shaft point was off by a few degrees. If you still have the old ones might be worth comparing very carefully.

There was a discussion here not more than a month ago about engine not starting and problem turned out to be old plugs not firing for some reason. Replacing them solved that problem.