Crosflow powered 7 - won't start

Crosflow powered 7 - won't start

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Grumbly

295 posts

147 months

Friday 3rd March 2017
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Eric, would you like a second pair of eyes on the connections?

BertBert

18,955 posts

210 months

Friday 3rd March 2017
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I think you have plenty of help Eric, but I'm not very far from you if you need a 3rd set of eyes biggrin

Eric Mc

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121,785 posts

264 months

Saturday 4th March 2017
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Grumbly said:
Eric, would you like a second pair of eyes on the connections?
I had a very busy week last week so couldn't really spare any time to try and arrange anything.

I'll drop you a line during the week if that's OK.

Your assistance is very much appreciated.

Grumbly

295 posts

147 months

Saturday 4th March 2017
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No problem, drop me a line when you're ready.

It is probably worth checking the HT leads are fully home in the new cap. Pull the cover back on the lead a bit and ensure the metal end is fully seated into the socket on the cap.

CanAm

9,115 posts

271 months

Saturday 4th March 2017
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Eric,
You might remember being on Blatchat about eleven or twelve years ago, saying that you loved your crossflow but that I should get a K-series. I did, and still have it over ten years later. Of course, it's had the dreaded click (solenoid refurb cured that) and HGF, but it's still going strong and starts on the button.
Good luck with yours.
Alan

Eric Mc

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121,785 posts

264 months

Saturday 4th March 2017
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Thanks.

I still love mine but I don't drive it enough. Probably part of the reason for its current troubles.

Eric Mc

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121,785 posts

264 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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Finally sorted. Massive thanks to Mike and his friend who came around last night and spent over three hours going through all the various options to get to the bottom of the - as it turned out - multiple issues.

Here is a list of what was found -

Old distributor cap needed replacing (that was spotted a few weeks ago and the cap was purchased and fitted (sort of) by me

High tension lead from coil to distributor needed replacing because of ill fitting contact at distributor end

It was the above two issues that had caused a lack of spark at the spark plugs. Once the offending items were replaced, the spark plugs started sparking - but the engine still didn't want to fire.

This now looked like there was a fuel problem. Fuel pump (mechanical) was removed and it was spotted that one of the hoses had perished and split. As a result, the pump was sucking air rather than petrol - and no petrol was getting to the carbs.

Fuel hose was replaced and within minutes - she fired up.

A little bit of lumpy running was sorted by adjusting the floats in the carbs.

So - it's running again.

I can't tell you how grateful I am to Mike and his mate (Dave?) for taking the time and effort to help me on this.

Shows how great PH can be - despite all the nonsense that appear here sometimes.

Grumbly

295 posts

147 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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Eric, you're welcome. The smile on your face when the engine sparked up made all the effort worthwhile.

tight fart

2,872 posts

272 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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Great news Eric, time now for a Zetec upgrade me thinks.

Eric Mc

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121,785 posts

264 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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I love my Crossflow. The engine was an is fine. It's the sticky on bits that were playing up.

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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Appreciate the update, it's a miracle how she managed to keep running at all with those little faults?

Eric Mc

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121,785 posts

264 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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They were obviously building up and the three month lay off over winter caused them to all come together at roughly the same time.

Grumbly

295 posts

147 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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The fuel pump problem would probably not been an issue until the system drained down over the lay up period. Mechanical fuel pumps often struggle to prime completely empty carbs at cranking speeds, this being why electric pumps are more commonly used with side draft carbs, particularly on cars used infrequently.

Eric Mc

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121,785 posts

264 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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I'll bear that in mind and make sure I fire her up more frequently over the winter period.