What went wrong?, it was running great and then not at all Options

[Type 47]

so we put the original 62k engine back in that had not had the distributor removed. Adjusted the valves (again after we put about 10 miles on it) we rebuilt the Webbers and it fired up. We did some timing and tweaking on the carbs.

It ran OK but a little shy of perfect. I replaced the wires and it seemed to improve it but idled a little high around 1,200.

My son came over to work on it the next day, but I wasn't home. All of a sudden, it won't even run.

we swapped distributers (both 009's) with the parts car, then swapped points (adjusted to 0.016). no improvement.

tested spark to all four cylinders. I seems like it's really out of timing but we didn't change it much. (except for the fact that we took the distributor out)

my son says we have spark, too much fuel, and not enough air.

What do we do next?????

[nditiz1]

I would put the old distro back in and make sure the wires are correct and the engine is on TDC. Verify actual TDC but popping off 1/2 valve cover to see both rockers rattle.

Make sure when you press the gas pedal you can see all 4 throats get a shot of fuel.

I have to assume compression is enough since it was just running.

Start there first.

[Superhawk996]

I would put the old distro back in and make sure the wires are correct and the engine is on TDC. Verify actual TDC but popping off 1/2 valve cover to see both rockers rattle.

Make sure when you press the gas pedal you can see all 4 throats get a shot of fuel.

I have to assume compression is enough since it was just running.

Start there first.

I gotta disagree with the distributor swap. If it sparks it’s working. The parts swapping isn’t helpful and is just adding to the confusion. It should have never been swapped in the 1st place.

I get the idea behind it but it’s just another chance to get it 180 out or to have the drive gear (below the tang) get lifted and dropped back in a tooth off.

In practice if you take a car into the shop - they will not start by swapping distributors to solve a timing or no spark condition. A distributor swap would be the last thing in the list.

Like you - I assumed compression but it really should be checked if there is spark and fuel