Help my car won't start!

[Ms Grumpy]

Originally Posted by grandsport

I was driving it nice and easy tonight. It had sat for about a month and fired right up tonight. I am too tired to look at it now,at least it's in the garage.

Glad you were able to put your car away.

[Highway Star]

It could have jumped time, but that is unlikely. Mike's advice will definitely rule that out. Otherwise, maybe the module in your distributor went bad, if it is an HEI, or maybe the cap has a little crack in it somewhere. It could be a lot of things.
To further Mike's advice about ruling out if it jumped time, pull the #1 plug, and rotate the engine around by hand until you feel the poof of air come out of plug hole. Then line up the mark on the damper with the timing tab. If the rotor bug is pointing at the # 1 wire, you're alright...and it is something else.


Have a spare cap and rotor? Maybe a spare coil?

[zombie1969]

I always seem to have bad luck with caps and rotors.Either the electrode that contacts the rotor will melt or will burn a small hole through rotor.Ive even had brand new ones only run for a short time burn out.The hard crank alway tips me off.