55 savoy

[virge55]

Well it works now! the carb was shot so i replaced it with a 2bbl holly from a pinto and static timmed it and she fired up right off took a while to get the mill to tick over smooth! got the carb from langdon stovebolt, recon off the shelf with an adaptor etc for under $100 wich is about ?50 in my money so a bargin seein as ebay wanted ?200+for a wornout lookin original! thanks for the info and help drive safe
virge

[virge55]

hey. thanks jim something else to try seein as i have had the dizzy out to renew parts.if it fires up i will let ya know!
virge

[Jim Yergin]

When i had trouble starting my '41 and could only get the engine to "spit" back through the carb, I discovered that my distributor was 180 degrees off. Once I reinstalled it correctly the car started. However you said you had the engine running before. Did you remove and reinstall the distributor since then? It can go in two different ways, one correct and the other 180 degrees off.
Jim Yergin

[virge55]

ok first thanks for the replys had to leave the mill as after closer inspection found that some guy had put the floor together with road signs and beer cans and then a load of other problems came up so i've been busy!
ok i have tried all the old methods of gettin this car to fire since the last go  new leads cap rotor etc and ive tried the little light on the dizzy to try and time it but no go its the flat six and i have had it runnin but all i can get is a mis fire or spit back from the carb (valves still open ) the book i got says to time on the six pot ,is this the way to go? ive used number one,is there some trick i dont know as ive never had a flathead before and it's got the better of me.any one who has had problems timing this engine and has any ideas please contact i will reply this time !!thanks for lookin.

[Edwin]

I have a 1955 plaza suburban in the Netherlands.
Just for shure: For a V8: The #1 cilinder is on the driver side (left bank), at the front.  All odd numbers on the left bank. The firing order will be:
V8: 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2
If it is a 6 inline: 1-5-3-6-2-4
I do not know how mutch you know about this car but the most important thing to know is that it is originaly a 6V positive ground system.
Let me know if you have any questions.

[jtw37]

Number one on the distributor, looking from the front of the car should be the first plug wire right down the center of the engine. Number 6 should be the back one. Number one on the engine is the first cylinder on the right side. 18436572 firing order, just in case. ;)

JT

[Jim Benjaminson]

Pull the spark plug on # 1 (front) cylinder (assuming its a six).  Insert a wire or whatever and roll the engine to top dead center and note the position of the rotor. That should be # 1 - then work around the distributor accordingly. 

[virge55]

Hi to everyone from england! just bought a 55 plymouth savoy, it seems to be all there and quite solid.It's been in England for around ten years and has had a lot of people with limited skill bangin' about her with spanners etc,now I got her!! I've had her two days and i've got her fired up but the mill is lumpy as hell and only seems to fire on two/three pots.Now i think that the leads are wrong i've got the firing order but not sure of the starting point on the dizzy(ie of i can find out where lead one is on the cap i can check from there) as i have not managed to track down a manual yet any help would be great.thanks