Guest YumaV77 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Hello this is my first ever post. I have a 1964 Buick Riviera project that I am trying to restore. I had her running for a while but she had to sit in my garage for a couple of months. The ethanol in the gas went and turned the gas orange. I blew out all of my fuel lines cleaned my carb and I'm using a new fuel cell and filter. After all of that the timing was off so I set the car to top dead center and aligned the timing. After all that it cranks and spark seems intermittent so I changed the coil and checked the battery it has a full charge. If anyone knows anything I would love to hear I'm moving soon so it has run thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimm63 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 (edited) What cylinder did you use for aligning the distributor? #1 is right front. Ask me how I learned that. Will it fire and run a bit with starting fluid? Zimm Edited April 25, 2016 by Zimm63 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Well the easy way is to pour about a 1/2 oz of gasoline in the carb. While there make sure the choke is closing properly (should be a Carter AFB) and put the air cleaner back on. Crank. If it fires and dies it is a fuel problem. If it just cranks it is ignition. From there is gets more complicated and with a 50 year old car it could be many things. ps with no fuel in the lines or car I have had to crank a car with a mechanical pump for 30 seconds before. Priming the carb helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimm63 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 You might get more responses if this was in the Riviera page. Can one of the Moderators move it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 If it ran before you monkeyed with the timing, then it's the timing. A million perfectly good coils are rotting away in landfills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 2 minutes ago, Zimm63 said: You might get more responses if this was in the Riviera page. Can one of the Moderators move it? Why???? This is a generic issue that can affect any car of it's era. There is nothing unique about a Riviera that would cause this problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 41 minutes ago, CarlLaFong said: Why???? This is a generic issue that can affect any car of it's era. There is nothing unique about a Riviera that would cause this problem And that's why all these technical issues should be in the technical section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Top dead center comes around twice if you are looking at the timing mark. You have a 50/50 chance it was right. If you removed the valve cover and turned the engine IN THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION while watching the valve action you would have seen the intake valve colse and both valves seat with a little play in the rocker arms. I usually go through two whole cycles while describing the valve action out loud just to be sure. On a long term storage car I like to use my MyTeeVac tool with the brake bleeder bottle attached to the fuel line to pull gas from the tank. I suck three or four bottles through the line and check that it draws, gets clear, and smells good. That brings fresh fuel up to the carb so the starter does have to crank long and wets the fuel pump diaphragm to keep it from flexing dry. Bernie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest YumaV77 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Hello I got it running today but now it shoots flames from the carb and backfires. If anyone knows why please comment any advice will be appreciated thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 If it runs sorta I'd check the plug wires, suspect two are reversed. On a car that has set for a while I prefer to spin it for 10 seconds or so to get the oil up before it fires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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