battery chargers and No Start condition

[Unka Bart]

> 
> Here is what I checked till now:
> - starter cranks the engine
> - timing belt is OK
> - valve train is moving (took rocker cover off to see if sprocket is not sheared)
> - has good compression
> - timing belt alignment is OK (crankshaft to camshaft)
> - distributor turns
> - smells of gas when cranked
> - seems to have spark (checked with wire touching enging block)
> - coil resistance checks out OK
> - Hall sensor works (blinks a diode)
> 
> Where to look next?  I'm going to blink out error codes tomorrow, mosquitoes chased us out tonight.
> TIA

As someone else suggested, Pull the plugs.  Check then for signs of being wet from gasoline.  IF wet, dry with high pressure air and reinstall and retry.

I used to have this problem with my old BSA thunderbolt Motorcycle back in the mid-60s and it damn near drove me nutz.  It'll never start if the plugs are wet, something that would never have occoured to me, so thank god someone tipped me off.

I just wish they'd done so before my "Crankin' leg" got developed to twice the size of my other one...

Battery Chargers:  If you have one of the old chargers, save it!  I"ve got a neighbor with one that will charge anything it can be hooked up to,  Seriously, when the new tech chargers say the battery is toast and wash their hand of them, hook one of the old school chargers to it and it will get charged.  May not hold the charge long (especially if the battery really is toast) but it will charge that sucker.  As he says, "if that doesn't work, grab a concrete block and it'll charge that!"

yer kindly ol' Unka Bart