Ok, rather than adding a Bostrum rep I decided rather foolishly to try my hand with a classic car. (A decision I am starting to regret more each day) 1975 c3 corvette. Been running fine, then stored under cover while fixed a few electrical gremlins. Car started fine & ran fine etc... Put car back together now it won't start! Turns over, got spark at 1 plug but not others so could be distributor. I know fuck all about cars so need an enthusiast to give me a hand or a decent mobile mechanic recommendation. Any help appreciated. Cheers.
ONG that is a beautiful car man. When it is runnign it will be bullet proff. So few questions, obviously you took plugs out to see if all spark when out, you swapped cables about to check if it is plug or cable. Finally on my old 1969 Charger I could remove cables form distributor cab as they were clip-on. If you can do the same just swap working for not working as I had a failed spark plug cable on them in past. If all of that fails before deeming distributor dead check power going to it but that is rarely the problem. We had a sparkplug no fiering issue when we fitted super and turbo charger as distributor was not strong enough but that was heavy modded engine.
If you have a spark at one plug you should have a spark at all the plugs irrespective of whether the leads are on the right way around, possibly a cracked or damaged distributor cap or rotor arm. As andyb says retrace your steps. Steve
When I say put back together, I meant put L & R & centre dashboard back on. I had not tinkered with anything under the hood.
