Hey guys, I bought a 47' P15 about 3 years ago and the engine (218 flathead 6) was seized up. I had a machine shop machine the engine and ensure that it was ready to be put together and runnable. I took the engine in pieces home and put it back together, while following the manual step by step. So here comes my problems, the engine turnsover, backfires, and spits from the carburetor. I put a new carburetor on it since the original was too far gone (Rebuilt it but it was leaking from everywhere). The following is what I checked and did on the engine to get me to this point.
- Have the right spark plugs for the car and they are a tannish brown when I pulled them out from trying to get it to run for almost 2 months.
- Carburetor is jetting gas after I put some directly into it (I do not think the fuel pump is pumping gas into the carb)
- Rebuilt the fuel pump.
- Put a timing light and have everything TDC but the distributor seems a little finicky.
- Backfires from the exhaust, which has no muffler and is about 1 foot away from the engine.
- Spark plug wires are off of a 1972 Ford F100 and unknown about the time the distributor was rebuilt.
- Engine has compression in all cylinders.
If you guys have any tips or guides for troubleshooting, that would be great!