Hell-o Everybody!
I just got my new F1 that I wanted all my life!! I found it in an airport
hanger. it is solid with no real rust, the old owner was starting to rebuild
it but passed away. Motor turns over but I get no spark! New battery,
pug wires, roto-cap, new coil, checked point gap but nothing
Want to send pics but I am to new

Ken

 

Nice find.
Post some questions and you'll get responses while adding to your post count...so you can post pics.

How long did the truck sit? I am curious if bad fuel is the problem.
How's the choke?

 

Welcome to FTE!

When you say no spark, do you mean literally there's no spark at the plug and/or coil wire? Or do you mean it just won't fire up?

If it's no spark, make sure you are actually getting voltage to the coil.

If it just won't fire up, I'm with mont, check the fuel system.

 

NO spark at the plug's, ran a jumper wire from battery
to the coil and nothing

 

Have you cranked it with the cap off to see if the points are arcing?

If the points arc, but there's no fire from the coil, it could be a bad coil. New does not always mean good.

Does the truck have the original 6v positive ground electrical system?

 

Could we see some pictures? Here is how.


But I got ta say becoming a supporter is the fastest and easiest way to post pics right from
your whatever pad/cell thing or home computer.
Few of us look in the users Gallery or album as you can see by your recent visitors.


Quote:
Originally Posted by 76f350spercamprspeal

Welcome to FTE, Best Damn Forum EVER!
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Here's How to Post Pictures:
1. Login to FTE.
2.Click User CP (In the Top Left Hand Corner)
3.(On the Left, There will be a list, The 5th Option Down, will say "Pictures & Albums) Click That.
4.Then, Click Add Album, Enter a title, and description, if ya want to.
5. Click Upload Pictures, Then click Browse, Locate the Files of your truck. (You can add 3 files at a time)
5. Click Upload.
6. Add a description to the individual pictures, then click save.
7. Add more files if ya want.
8. Click The Picture you want to post, it will give you two codes at the bottom, Right Click The Second one (It say's BB Code, Then Say's [IMG]http:blahblahblah...[/IMG])
Then, Once that is highlighted, Right Click, Then Copy, Then Paste it into your post.
You can add up to 30 Images in one FTE Post.
If, Ya need any help, Don't hesitate to ask.


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Originally Posted by old_dan

You can also go to the "Garage" tab and start an album right here on FTE. After you post pictures to an album, we can look in your album, but you'll also be able to "insert a picture" by pasting in a link to the picture in your album.

It seems awkward, but whenever you "insert a picture" to one of these threads, the forum is looking for the picture somewhere on the web (which is always available) rather than from somewhere on your hard drive (which isn't always available).

Quote:
Originally Posted By Jolly Roger Joe

Welcome to FTE!

Go to Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket and sign up for a free account. Then create an album for your truck. Upload any pics you want to post on FTE to that album. Have this album open on your computer when you want to post pics on FTE.

While you're making a post on FTE, select the pic you want to post from your Photobucket album. When the large version of the pic is open, right mouse click on it and select "View Image Info". The image info will be highlighted and will look something like this:
The best photos and videos | Photobucket

Copy that highlighted info (right click / copy).

When you have the spot in your post where you want the pic to be placed, select the "Insert Image" icon at the top of the post (looks like a mountain) and paste (right click / paste) the image info you copied in the highlighted box (just shows "http://" when it opens).

Your pic will be placed in the post.

Hope that helps.

Here's a tutorial Bob put together: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/67...-pictures.html

 

Congrats on getting your F1, you got the right truck and the right site so with that Ill just say welcome and prepare yourself for years of fun.

 

Pics can be added to your first post. There is no number of posts required by FTE before you can put pics in a post.

 

Welcome to FTE!

Good luck with your "new" truck. We will be following your progress.

 

Sorry, I thought there was.

 

No biggie. I see that once in a while, and I want to see pics of everyone's truck, so I don't want them to wait to show them.

There is some sort of a post requirement on doing a search on FTE, but I can't remember what that limit is. I think it's been lowered to 5 posts.