Classic Car No Start - Diagnosis Troubleshooting And Repair Of A SB Chrysler In Real time

The owner of this beautiful 1970 Plymouth Satellite Convertible brought us the car to work through some of the problems it has been having with starting and running.
So, we set the camera up on the tripod and went about the process of getting it up and running to show the steps and thought processes involved in sorting through the issues with ignition timing and a bug in its Chinese knockoff BBD carburetor.
Did we get it running? Of course! And here's how it went.
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[themanwithnoname]

As cool as the hotrodding stuff is; these basic troubleshooting videos are fantastic and worth their weight in gold.

[josephbutcher]

Can you please do more of these, I have learned so much from you.
Thank you for everything

[Roamin_RomanTheWarrior]

I don't know about anyone else...
But I have been subscribed to tony for years...
Years...
Waiting for him to come into this genre of videos....
There are so many other channels, who make exclusively this type of content, but this is truly like being in the garage with people I grew up with, in upstate NY.

[tomschauman]

Never gave a thought to indexing the plug wires when you run out of adjustment on the distributor!! Cool Uncle Tony!!

[The_R-n-I_Guy]

Man, I really want a classic car. I'm a GM guy. But I don't care what it is. I just want something built between the 60's and 80's. I don't care what size engine, how many doors, or anything like that. As long as it has the potential to run and drive. Rust, don't care. A decent interior would be nice, but not necessary. I've really gotta get some money saved up. What sucks is every time I see a good deal, I'm broke. And when I rarely have money, there's nothing around. Until right after the money is gone. Story of my life

[robertwest]

I know guys who can put together the best running engines but can't troubleshoot problems like this to save their life. These lessons are pure gold, Uncle Tony!

[Driven_Dragon]

Your 28 minutes into a 31 minute video and you still havent set the timing?

[dcwebb]

Great job Tony.. you're a real gem...love these videos!

[agostinodibella]

It’s great watching Uncle Tony in action diagnosing the problem. I like his theory about rubber breaking off from inside the hose. I look forward to seeing the car in action.

[MrDibbons]

I'm so glad I found and purchased a 1973 NOS Carter BBD for my '72 Satellite without having to resort to China junk!

[richardc]

I just want to say that I really appreciate your channel. Even though I’m a relatively young non mopar guy. (63 Ford Falcon, ‘01 Lincoln Town Car and ‘21 Chevrolet Camaro) this is my favorite automotive channel. I feel like this is a lost art in my generation and I just wish I could hang around your shop and learn. THANK YOU!

[quicksilver]

Literally a single grain of sand will make a carb. flood like that!

[mostlyoldparts]

One trick I've found for cleaning out a needle and seat is to clamp the fuel line on the inlet side of the fuel pump closed and start the car. Start the car and let it run until the fuel level in the carburetor drops significantly, almost dry. Shut off the engine and remove the clamp on the fuel line. Crank the engine over and the rush of fuel to the needle and seat will remove whatever debris is causing the needle to stick open. It doesn't work EVERY time, but it's a quick fix when it does.

[sometimesleela]

Tony, did you check (swap) the condenser as per your own initial guess? It's whole purpose is to delay (retard) spark until the points open a little so they don't arc. One going open circuit, especially intermittently like the cust described, could do something just like this. Retarding the spark externally, like you did, could compensate, but the points would arc. Did the owner use the same condenser when swapping distributors?

[Beanerds]

Yes, Love those carb's, , our Chrysler HEMI 6's here in Australia use them and as you say Uncle Tony, they are so easy to work on .
Thanks for sharing this .

[nickbonvino]

Watching Tony work on cars is like watching Earl Strickland play pool

[Grumpy-sywr]

Great advice switching the leads around one spot. Not too many would think of that before pulling the distributor and moving it a tooth. I've done it before, so as you were leading up to it, was hoping you'd do it that way.

[AtZero]

Ever seen the Wee Magnetic tray's and Magnet with extension.. especially with Carb work.. Keep on Wrenching Folks..

[petar]

Tony thinking about writing ebook for carb and distributor car diagnostic and maintenance?

[williamstamper]

Great pushback on the title Tony.
Kinda sick of the "will it run again" phenomenon.
I mean yeah, OF COURSE it will run again if it's in a video about bringing an old car that sat for a long time back to life.
If it didn't run again that would make for one shitty video.
Edit : I made my comment before even watching the entire vid. Guess I was referring to the resurrection vids of old cars that sat in a field or barn or etc.
This vid is about too many hands on a clean old car that got handed down among non-mechanics and the problems just stacked up.
These problems are an easy fix... Once you realize you are dealing with a mess like this just take over the project, spend the time to re-drop the distributor, verify firing order and wires, then go thru your carb. There are a million different scenarios that could happen but don't fall into that pit, just keep it simple. Just like the fuel spillover first thing Tony says is float level. Simple stuff. Make as much right as you can, verify spark and I don't care what it is if you got compression on all 8 it will at least fire. Don't care how old it is or how long it sat. Do carb basics, verify spark and twist the distributor in the general area for timing (example, if you have spark hook up your timing light and if you can read 10 deg initial during crank it will start).