59 ford 100 won't start. All new electrical (battery, HEI distributor, coil, wires plugs). Made sure to find true TDC in case I put the distributor in out of place and am good on that. Brand new carb and it is getting and spraying fuel. No filter on it so I know it's getting air. Going crazy. I need help

You don't say whether you have spark. You do say you have fuel. Do you have spark? Please test that as it seems like you have changed a lot of things at once. Then let us know and we will try to help. Good luck! MIKE

Mike, still lovin his 57 t'bird after 53 years!

Papadragon... welcome to the forum, you have found the right place!
Per your problem, we need a little more information. It looks like you installed quite a few new parts and like Mike says above, you are probably needing spark. We all know what we need... air (compressed), fuel, and spark. As long as the timing of the spark event is correct, she will fire. Was the engine running before you installed a new distributor, coil, carburetor, battery, spark plugs, plug wires, etc? When you say there is no filter on it, it sounds like this is an engine you are trying to get going for the first time.
By the way, if you are sure you have spark one of the most common mistakes people make is to put the firing order of the spark plug wires backwards in rotation on the cap. The firing order goes counterclockwise on the distributor cap. (don't ask me how I know that is a common mistake!

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
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First time starting in a long time. This truck ran great for years and then just stopped running. A few weeks ago it ran for about 5 seconds (with the pedal to the floor) I haven't checked for spark at each plug but was going off the one fire I did get. I don't even get a stutter now tho. It's not parked at my house so I'll have to check it when I go by to work on it next time. All the parts were changed over time not all at once and not one part has got it any closer to running other than the HEI that got the five second hiccup

Welcome! If it hasn't been started in a long time it could be lacking compression due to stuck rings and although everything else may be up to par it still will not start. I have had this happen on a few motors that sat a long time, the only way to get them going is to pull or push them down the road and get them turning over fast enough, once started they always started right up with the starter after that and run like a champ!
Good luck!

55 Vicky & customline

58 Rack Dump, 55 F350 yard truck, 57 F100

59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?

Fuel, compression and spark and it will run.  You need to figure out which you're not getting or which is not occurring at the right time and why, the problem will be solved.



Lawrenceville, GA

You can pull the plugs, and if you have fire, then put a spoon full of oil in each cyl, replace the plugs, and it will fire right up.