J Shara

it has a new mechanical pump too

new condenser new distributor cap new points set already to correct gap, no the distributor was never taken apart. I dont think it is a spark issue because the engine turned over and ran for a few seconds and could be kept running a little longer with actuation of the throttle. well the fuel system isnt 100% hooked up, my father and i hooked the inlet end of the fuel filter up to an auxilary boat tank with a hand bulb pump, thats how we got it to turn over.

This is about the stage im at now when i turned her over. except i have since the pic was taken hooked up the coil and ignition, the chokes, the throttle linkage, and the battery, and the fuel system.

I recently just installed my freshly rebuilt L24 back into my 73 240. Before i disassembled the engine the car had hard starting problems. Even after my father and i dropped the fuel tank and replaced the vapor, supply and return lines, it still had this problem of hard starting. The engine would crank run for a few seconds and then die like it wasnt getting enough fuel, but you could keep it running by working the throttle. Now, after engine has been rebuilt and installed, i hooked all the electrics and fuel and ignition system up it is still doing the same thing. I have spark and it will run with starting fluid but it dies. i dont have any emissions or PCV, or cooling equipment hooked up yet either and it needs to be tuned, but i have basic combustion, the engine did turn over a few times. but the carbs are the same as when i pulled them off and i havent rebuilt them. Is it possible that all the carbs need is to be synchronized or the choke system is faulty? Also with the key on, and while cranking, smoke comes from the ignition coil area but when i felt the components nothing was hot, the coil and the resistor and the wires were all normal temp. Im running crane cams fireball coil. I may have hooked them up wrong but i used my parts car as a reference and that car ran fine and i had not messed with the connections at the ignition on the parts car. Any help would be appreciated.