My son's 68 289 just stopped working.
History: Parked it Last night, this morning would not turn over, ran battery dead.
Put fresh battery on the Car and now it turns over....but will not start?
Fuel pressure is 5 PSI.
Compression is > 100 on at least 7 of the 8 cylinders. (we tested them individually and I'm not certain we did not miss one.)
Bright spark, from plug laying on the fender
Plugs look bright white and bone dry.
I can see the accelerator pump putting enough gas into the intake to make a puddle in the intake manifold. (looking in the carb with the throttle open, plugs still dry. (Yet all plugs still dry?)
Starting fluid has no effect.
Timing on #1 cylinder checks out with timing light.
Oil is fine, no strange colors or scents.
Strange Symptoms.... With engine turning over I can plug the exhaust with my hands and I get no or very little pressure.
I can put my hands over the Carb and It does not seem to ":Suck" very hard.
Son says Gas milage was really bad last few days?
Any Ideas? I would have guessed broken CAM etc... but all the cylinders compression checked out.
Things to try On Thursday:
Vacume Gage (Forgot this one until I sat down to type this.)
Remove Valve cover and verify every thing is moving as it should.