Seems to me they used a ballast resister on the primary side of the ign coil
on the 360 back then, I know I have had a couple of strange things go wrong
with them. Maybe you knocked it around a bit when you did the wires and dist
cap. Perhaps you moved of broke a wire off the coil. As you said the truck
ran good or not bad before you got your little hands on it.(keep your sense
of humor)
Recap:
Re and Re # 1 plug, see where the rotor is.
Compression test
Turn the crank balancer and watch the rotor, balancer shouldn't move anymore
then four degrees without moving the rotor.(GM specs)
Check for a strong spark with a ST 125( Delco number)
Make sure you have fuel in the carb.
Hope this helps some how, Happy New Year
Frankandthebeans
>From: "photobuff56" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [classicrv] Re: Dodge Sportsman 360 Ignition Problem
>Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 06:29:20 -0000
>
>
>--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Robert Sheaffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
> >
> > I have a 1974 Travel Queen RV which is mounted on the chassis of a
> > Dodge Sportsman, 360 V-8 engine, 2-barrel carb.
> >
> > It has been running fairly well, except for the poor gas mileage
> > (around 7.5). There is some occasional misfiring and backfiring.
> >
> > I decided to replace the spark plug wires to try to improve this.
>With
> > new spark plug wires, I didn't hear any misfiring or backfiring, I
> > just ran it for a few minutes.
> >
> > Then I replaced the distributor cap and rotor. Should be simple,
> > right? But cylinder 1 was NOT marked on the old cap, and in moving
>the
> > wires over, more than one fell off at a time.
> >
> > Not a problem, I thought. I have the shop manual, all that info is
>in
> > there. The cylinder numbers are clearly shown, and the firing order
>is
> > 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 on the V8 engines. I labelled all the wires, and
> > hooked them up in that order, going clockwise from #1 (the manual
>says
> > that the distributor on the 360 engine rotates clockwise). Pin 1 is
> > well-labelled in the new cap.
> >
> > But it doesn't start, just cranks. It used to start up pretty well.
>So
> > what's the problem? Anyone have any ideas?
> >
> > Robert
>Well guys I have been following this post and this probably won't be
>the answer but.... A long time ago I bought a vehicle that the seller
>told me this about. After buying it he called me to say that he had
>pulled the distributor out a while back and it didn't get put in the
>same as before ....So he rotated the wires off and back onto the cap
>one position. Nice of him to call. I of course pulled the strib and
>installed it correctly and put the wires corectly. I don't think in
>this case it is the prob but hey getting back the basics is what to
>do now. Like getting TDC and making sure that 18436572 is the order
>of the day. By the way if you pull the coil wire off to make sure the
>motor won't fire and then stick your thumb over the hole where the
>number one plug goes you can tap the key until it forces the thumb
>off of the hole hard. It will try to push it off on the exhaust
>stroke but you won't be able to keep it there on the compresion
>stroke. If you do it while watching the timing mark you should be
>able to see the chalk marked line on the balancer come around. Then
>you may have to rotate it back or advance it to the zero mark. Good
>Luck and Happy New Years to all!
> Michael K.
>
>
>
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