After installing crawford power blocks I got itchy and tried starting the car with the amplifier box hanging off. No dice. Grounds are important.

Brings to mind a back-in-the-Army motor pool-story.

A mechanic was working on a 3/4 ton truck. It wouldn't start. The motor sergeant walked over and chewed him out for taking so long and then ask him what he had done. The sergeant listened to him trying to start the engine then told him he had put the distributor in backwards.

That was my motor officer lesson for the day - ;)


humfrz

Did that on my Chevelle with offenhauser tunnel ram with two 850 double pumper carbs. Shot a flame 5 feet in the air. I was lucky didn't break or burn anything.

Yikes! Mine was considerably less spectacular - a few pops and a hot starter motor before I figured out what I had done.

Does your Porsche have carburetors or is it FI.

Just so I need to know if I should worry about or not - :iono:


humfrz

Hell, you had that engine so confused it couldn't even backfire proper - :D



humfrz

Oh, I remember who that was - IT WAS ME!

I remember I had to call my uncle and ask him what the firing order was on a stovebolt 6 - :(


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See there @rAySiiAnN - a lot of us have messed things up - learning.

humfrz

https://media.giphy.com/media/ADr35Z4TvATIc/giphy.gif

Well, at least I knew which cylinder was #1 (or did I just guess lucky - :confused0068:)


humfrz

CIS Injection.

https://media1.tenor.com/images/a6a6...itemid=4566497




Oh wait... CIS

yeah the gif was just sarcasm because it is probably the 15th time I've suggested this to someone with a no-start condition after they worked on their engine and it ended up being that grounding bolt. It is a VERY common thing that people often overlook and end up scratching their heads about when their engine won't start.

Not CSI just yet - he hasn't blown/burnt up his Porsche engine - yet - :eyebulge:


humfrz