:
: Ok, i read everyone's responses to my question.
: Well, i put in a reman distributor that had
: little run time on 71 valiant, a new ballast
: resistor. I also tried that hot lead from
: the battery to the coil.The points are set
: right. Still acts the same way. While my
: friend was cranking it over, i saw that the
: coil was arching really bad on the
: terminals. I swapped coil wires and it
: stopped. But it was dark, and i saw that it
: was arching all along the wire. What is the
: cause of this? I am stumped. This is really
: frustrating. I am really looking at the
: possibility i may have jumped the timing
: chain. Any input on what else it could be?
: Doc? I am not ready to give up on this car!

: Do you have spark at the end of a spark plug
: wire?
: (Pull a wire, plug-in an extra spark plug,
: ground it by holding it onto the cast iron
: head, crank the engine and you should see a
: nice white / blue spark, - spark, - spark as
: you crank)
:
: Have you run a compression check, checked the
: valves? does the engine crank-over evenly?
: ("errr-da-da-da-da-da-da . . .) or does
: it "skip through" cylinders or
: sounds like it is cranking with the plugs
: out?
:
: Pull the valve cover off and check the cam
: position at TDCE, it is easy to see if a SL6
: has jumped a tooth by doing this.(more like
: a few teeth if it won't run)(search for
: "degree cam")
:
: All you need is Gas, (you have good gas right?)
: Spark at the plug, at the correct moment)
: and Compression. Confirm these things and it
: has to run. (call me before
: "giving-up", I have never met a
: SL6 that "turned-over", that I
: could not get to run)
: DD