1948 Ford 8N. It was a front-mount distributor, I converted to 12V with a round coil. Charges correctly. In my post earlier, I described that after the conversion it started much better, but still had thick black smoke and was running rich.
I went through the air cleaner very thoroughly and just rebuilt the carb. I slapped all that on and new plugs and prepared to start it up. Now, mind you, just a few days prior it had started great but was running rich.
Then what happens? When I hold down the starter button, I get one click out of the soleonid and no spinning (that's a first). No continuous clicking, just one. I double checked my wiring which was solid (even battery cables). Started seems to have a good ground. When I jump/bypass the solenoid I got sparks but didn't get a spinning starter.
This is crazy. It's like I finally got one area figured out and a completely unrelated area fails at the same time.
Anyways, I took the starter out. Didn't remember my 75 tips of course and took the long bolts out. Nothing appears to be obviously damaged. Should be fun to put back in.
Is it time to bring the starter in for a bench test? Could it just have been "stuck" instead? And why oh why does it hate me so?
I went through the air cleaner very thoroughly and just rebuilt the carb. I slapped all that on and new plugs and prepared to start it up. Now, mind you, just a few days prior it had started great but was running rich.
Then what happens? When I hold down the starter button, I get one click out of the soleonid and no spinning (that's a first). No continuous clicking, just one. I double checked my wiring which was solid (even battery cables). Started seems to have a good ground. When I jump/bypass the solenoid I got sparks but didn't get a spinning starter.
This is crazy. It's like I finally got one area figured out and a completely unrelated area fails at the same time.
Anyways, I took the starter out. Didn't remember my 75 tips of course and took the long bolts out. Nothing appears to be obviously damaged. Should be fun to put back in.
Is it time to bring the starter in for a bench test? Could it just have been "stuck" instead? And why oh why does it hate me so?