Reply To: ’56 RDE-18 doesn’t want to start

[PederJoWI]

Jeff, thanks for the heads up on starter fluid. Guess I got some bad advice. Fuel line and filter are new. Tank was cleaned out and rebuilt. It’s a 2-line hose and It does pump to hard – the glass bowl is definitely receiving fuel. I haven’t pulled the carb yet, so can’t say for certain about the float bowl. I’ve wondered about the cork float. What do you mean by capacitors?

Frankr, I haven’t checked compression. It feels like plenty, if that’s helpful to know. By 5/16” spark, is that the distance it can arc while grounding one and holding one out from the engine block? The spark jumps, but I don’t know if it was that far.