Got gas, spark air: now what?

Do you have a good 3/16 inch of blue white spark that you can hear crack when it fires. If it is yellow or whimpy look for electrical issues like a wet distributor or points set wrong or oily--you did use a good clean feeler gauge when you changed the points, right? Should be .025 on the high spot on the cam on a side mount. If you have a multi meter what does it read at the coil and does the reading change at the hot coil terminal as you crank it?

Do you have a solid stream of gas out of the drain on the bottom of the float bowl? If you just have a flow to the carb that isn't telling you what you need to know. I won't buy rebuilt carbs any more cause I wind up rebuilding the rebuilts. If you don't have a constant good stream out that drain look at filters and needle and seat.

Can't imagine an oil change causing it not to run. Did you perchance pressure wash it at the same time?

Anyhow, if it ran before you can make it run some more. Your mileage may vary

If you are sure you are getting spark, and it won't start with starting fluid, I would be inclined to agree with Tom that your spark plugs are in the incorrect order (it goes 1, 2, 4, 3 in a counter clockwise rotation). Did you change all of this stuff before or after the oil overfill?

Dan

Yer report of "over-filling" on yer engine oil change, makes me think you've gott stuck ring problems and consequently LOW compression and NO SUCK. And while yer reported "re-build" of yer carb can be suspect (clogged jets comes to mind) I think it is TIME to do the DREADED COMPRESSION test. This will tell iff'n you gotts stuck rings from oil over-fill and low compression. Ford specs: 90psi min (dry), 5-puffs min. Writter down. Iff'n low, do a "wet" test by squirting about 1-oz of oil down the sparkie hole and do the test all-over'gain. Writter-down. Iff'n compression comes up, ya gottz bad/stuck rings. Iff'n compression don't come up, ya gotts bad/burned/stuck valves.

Report back for further advice..... ....Dell

Jim