have plenty of spark now, but????

[bleddyn]

asked over the weekend re-[ still no spark], took all your suggestions and have great spark at points, plugs, high tension lead to dizzy, as mentioned in last article, new cap, leads, points, roter arm that came with cap,condenser, in fact plenty of spark everywhere, petrol is coming through to plugs,what happened she cut out after short spin and has'nt started since, in fact took her out for her 8 mile run,and went fantastic, no miss or splutters or anything and that was about a month ago,turns over great but does'nt want fire or attempt to fire up, anymore suggestions,many thanks

[Dean]

If you have a spark, that's good... the electrical side works. I trust when you say plenty of spark... it's is a good one and not a weak little flashy one.

1) How old is the fuel in the car? It may have simply gone off... treat it like food, it stops working after a while. ;) Get some fresh and fill the carb up.

2) Are you confident the firing order is correct? If you've put it back wrong after taking it apart, it doesn't work. (We've all done it don't worry )

3) Does the dash pot have plenty of oil in it... not too much mind you? The bit with the black screw off cap on the carb?

[mike.perry]

Are you sure that you still have a points gap and it has not closed up? You will still get a spark when you flick the points open but there will be no gap when you set them on the cam.
Go through all the checks again and read my comments on still no spark.

[bmcecosse]

Maybe the plugs are just hopelessly flooded - try another set - or dry these ones off with a gas blow torch. DO NOT wire brush them ! Otherwise - must be leads now in wrong order - that's IF you are very definitely getting a good strong spark at the plugs ?