Xflow wont start

[alcal]

Help ! I've just changed the fuel hoses and cleaned the inside of the distributer cap. Car (1700 with lucas electronic ignition) wont start. there is spark at the plugs,fuel to the carbs, the plugs are wet after fruitless cranking and the battery is turning it all over fine.It feels as though the timing is out (it coughed a bit through the carbs ) but I can't think what I could have disturbed. Any suggestions please ?

[Jonathan Kay]

Was it running before you did that work?

 

If so have you checked that the leads go to the correct plugs? Rechecked?

 

Jonathan

[cskip]

I had exactly the same issue with my xflow this week. I had rewired the ignition system, so immediately thought I had made an error. In the end I swapped the plugs. He presto it sprung back into life!

[alcal]

That's weird! After I posted, by way of a last throw of the dice, I took the plugs out (again) turned the engine over a few times then put some new plugs in. It started first try and ran perfectly, as with you cskip. I dont understand this as it had been running perfectly on the old plugs before I started fiddling.Pehaps it was flooded?

I'll get it hot then try the old plugs and see what happens.

[Molecular--Bob]

My crossflow did this, and i never recovered the old plugs. They would start a hot engine, but always gave trouble when cold, best to bin the old ones i think.