360 been sitting-UPDATE-it fired up

[GerryP]

Could be a broken coil secondary.  You can "ohm" the secondary wires.  It can vary by wire type, but the rule of thumb is from 2,000 to 5,000ohms per foot.  If the points spark, there is current in the primary system.  You might also check the coil's resistance.  Possible the terminal is broken.

[fryedaddy]

my son brought his volt meter over today.im getting power to the coil and the coil is good but its losing everything through the points and ground in the dist.i just bought new points and they are backwards.DOES THAT MATTER. the contact is on the opposite end than the ones in the dist.they look the same other than being backwards.WILL THEY WORK or did they give me the wrong points.

[cammerfe]

FWIW, when I went off to college many years ago, I took my Craftsman 6 drawer box with me and became the go-to guy that didn't charge as much as the professional garages in town to do repairs. A very humbling experience one afternoon was doing a tune-up on a big Chrysler that was the family car for the Head of Department for one of schools there and his wife who was Head of another department.

After I replaced everything, I had no spark at the plugs. It took me better than an hour of removing and replacing before I realized that I had carefully thrown all the replaced parts in the junk and had had the new cap off and on the diz several times, I'd set the new rotot off to one side and had not once put it in place before snapping the cap down. Installing it was all it took.

KS

[fryedaddy]

 1964Fastback, you were right,after my son checked everything with his meter.the ground wire from the dist to the coil showed bad,i replaced it,put in new points,condenser rotor button.put the cap back on and gave it a try.IT FIRED UP INSTANTLY.it has an exhaust leak,but thats no biggie.

[fryedaddy]

after i squirted gas in the carb about 5 times the fuel pump finally started, the 360 started idling.oil pressure is good,it dont smoke,exhaust leak is not bad.thanks for all the help everyone,IM HAPPY

[1968galaxie]

Fantastic!
I knew you would get this figured out.
The ohm/volt meters are wonderful things - and important to have in the tool box.

Glad you persisted!

[fryedaddy]

ok heres where im at now.engine runs smooth with my dripper bottle feeding the carb,but it dies as soon as you turn the dripper off.im getting fuel to the 2bbl carb because i was going to take the fuel line loose from the carb and gas went everywhere,fuel pump is working but squirters are not squirting any fuel.bad accelerator pump or clog or something?

[1968galaxie]

Those 2 barrels are easy to take apart and inspect/clean/re-gasket.
Rebuild kit should still be available.
Things like accelerator pump rubber parts dry out. Gaskets shrink.
Inside is likely full of crap.

like I mentioned - easy carb to open up and inspect and clean.

Good luck.

[fryedaddy]

i guess i will get a kit for it.i hope its like the rest of the truck.this truck was took care of till parked.other than dust and mold where it sat it is very clean.i drained the tank,it was pretty clean other than the smell of old gas.i cant believe this 360 dont smoke and when its idling the engine is so still you cant see it moving.