i own a 79 ford f-150 witha 302 & c4 auto. It was used as a farm truck and i
decided to rebuild the motor after it refused to run and it was parked for 5
years. with a little ATF in the cyls. i could turn it over eaisly, so i tore
it down and installed a re-ring kit because the bores were in very good
shape. I put the motor in the truck friday night and today i attempted to
turn it over using the starter, it wouldnt go.all i have to do is slap the
dist. in and hook up the fuel and tranny cooler lines and accessory belts.
only 2 problems. the starter wont turn the motor over. with the plugs out i
can turn it by grabbing the crank pulley with my hands. Yes the battery is
new and charged and i tested it in another vehicle. When i hit the key it
just goes clank! then nothing. on this truck the positive battery cable goes
to what i think is the voltage regulator, there are 2 16g wires running away
from the little box, and a large 4g or 6g wire running to the starter, it
sounds like this box clicks when i hit the key. Any thoughts/ advice? Problem
2, when i turn the key to ON a large spark arcs between various parts of the
coil, usually between the tower and negative on the coil and sometimes
between the positive and negative terminals on the coil, i thought mabey the
dist just needs to be hooked up so i put the coil wire on and attached the 3
prong plug on the dist to its plug on the wiring harness but, it didnt help
and the wires on the dist were so hot you could barley touch them, what
gives? also the voltage guage on the dash reads negative with the key on. Is
this just the voltage regulators fault? what do i need to fix here. Thanks
for any comments/ suggestions.
Paul Finley '94cc 4x4 V6 5spd / POS furd
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