Re: 1952 300 not starting

Posted by Mr.Pushbutton  On 2010/6/12 23:42:48

I encountered this recently--the wires were one terminal off all the way around the cap. Do this:

remove #1 spark plug and pit your finger over the hole, bump the starter until air pressure blows your finger off the hole. align the timing mark on the vibration damper as close to 0 degrees as possible.

pull the cap and see which terminal the rotor is pointed at, my guess is that you will find it one off. The terminal it IS pointed at needs to be #1, then follow the firing order after that.

To get any internal combustion engine to start you need these things:

compression
fuel
spark
timing

good luck, John