UPDATE: It's running...on 1 and 4 only though
I put in another 4-5 hrs yesterday and today and here's what I did:
1) adjusted valves cold...again
2) checked fuel bowl levels and increased levels on 1 and 2 since they were only about half full
3) static timing done to perfection
4) clipped and reseated plug boots for 2 and 3 to be sure I had a good connection
5) checked and compared spark on all cylinders (screw driver method)
6) adjusted cam chain as per clymers
7) checked strobing timeing using a light... 1 and 4 perfect, NO STROBE on 2 and 3 so I couldn't tell
set points level both with feeler and tried using dwell tach... more later on that
Obviously its no good still on cylinders 2 and 3. I'm currently uploarding a vid to show it running but it's taking a while. The video was taken right after I tried using the dwell tach to set the point gap.
When I tried to use the dwell to set point gap it required me to close the points significantly to reach the correct dwell of around 48-49 degrees (set on 4 cyl mode). It ran worse, though only slightly when I closed the points to achieve the correct dwell... somthing isn't right there. I re-set the static timing and the points using the ohm meter and feeler guage.
There is some back fire, especially at higher rpm. It is tough to get it to idle, though since I reset the points it's better.
All of this of course does nothing to explain why 2 and 3 won't fire. I compared spark from 3 and 4 using the screwdriver method and achieved similar results so I have spark. It can't be anything to do with fuel delivery to the carbs since 1-2 and 3-4 are together on that. I checked fuel bowl levels and they are pretty high maybe l--l to l---l from the top of the fuel bowl.
movie later as soon as it comes up. Why can't I get 2 and 3 to fire???
