Help...my 200 won't start

[Anonymous]

I have been working on my 66 Ford Falcon with a 200...it's been sitting since November of last year when I parked in my garage and now it won't start....I put a new fuel filter on it...the fuel pump is pumping gas...and the spark plugs seem fine....Help me!

Jason

1966 Ford Falcon in Moorhead, MN

 

[Anonymous]

is it the same gas that's been in it since last november?try draining the tank and putting some new gas in there with some "gum out" fuel system cleaner

 

[Anonymous]

is it running yet, and what kind of noises are you getting. is it cranking but not starting, clicking, etc.

mike

 

[Anonymous]

Gotta be stale gas. Bad gas will put out fires just like water.

 

[Anonymous]

someone told me 2 put that stabilze stuff in it and it keeps it fresh all year round... its forlawn mowers and stuff

 

[Anonymous]

it's cranking but not starting....I'm going to drain the bad gas and put some fresh fuel in and gum out....wish me good luck

Jason

 

[Anonymous]

good luck,

are still using points as well. might check those.

mike

 

[Anonymous]

if the fuel is ok, the ignition is ok, carburetor ok, and there are no strange sounds, the most CRAZY idea is trying start the engine without muffler...

i cant´t explain it very well because i dont speak english very well iam sorry.....

some one can translate this??

puede ser que el muffler este tapado, eso le paso a un amigo que tenia el motor muy gastado, humeaba mucho hasta que se paro y no arranco mas, hizo el motor nuevo, lo montamos, lo fuimos a prender y no arrancaba, tenia todo el orden, el combustible, el encendido, hasta que se nos ocurrio sacarle el muffler, y arranco, estaba tapado por grasas y aceites....

 

[MustangSix]

some one can translate this??

puede ser que el muffler este tapado, eso le paso a un amigo que tenia el motor muy gastado, humeaba mucho hasta que se paro y no arranco mas, hizo el motor nuevo, lo montamos, lo fuimos a prender y no arrancaba, tenia todo el orden, el combustible, el encendido, hasta que se nos ocurrio sacarle el muffler, y arranco, estaba tapado por grasas y aceites....

According to Google:

it can be that muffler this covering, that him passage to a friend who tapeworm the motor very spent, smoked much until unemployment and I do not take myself but, made the motor new, we mounted it, we went it to catch and it did not start, tapeworm all the order, the fuel, the ignition, until ocurrio to remove to him muffler to us, and I start, was covered by fats and oils....

 

[addo]

They have a way to go with online translation...

So, basically, he's saying the muffler could be so blocked that it's choking the flow right down to a non-running level?

 

[Anonymous]

yes, this is very RARE but can be possible....