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Tried to start the 1929 engine yesterday. Pored gas into the temporary gas tank and the gas pored out the fuel pump. I made a new gasket and pored gas into tank and it pored out bottom of carburetor. I made a gasket and will see today. Two problems that I need to look at. One-- Battery negative cable is getting smoking hot when trying to start. Two--- It didn't seem like I was getting spark from the coil.
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Clean the terminals on the battery cables. If clean then replace with a larger (at least 2 ga. 00 is better). If battery terminals or cables are more that just a tad bit warm then replace them. Resistance causes heat and lower starting voltage.
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So I changed the negative battery cable and that has stopped the heat up on that. Carburetor is not leaking but small leak in fuel pump still there. I think I can fix that. Still no spark but I am getting 6 volts to the coil and then 6 volts out. But no spark out of distributor. I have been told to check the ignition to distributor connection to see if I am grounding out. The Coil is now getting real hot.. Why is that???
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Are you using a 6 or 12 volt battery?
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If the distributor is shorted, welded together points, or any other short on the engine side of the coil will make the coil hot(er).  
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Yes it is a 6 volt and I have a original ignition. I thought that I had all the insulators in place but I will look again. Anny advice for that?
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So I did have a ground in the distributor. Got that fixed and tried to start again. Coil did not heat up I think I saw a spark this time. I did readjust the points. Then the starter started to smoke. Man one thing after another. By the way I think the leak in the fuel pump is fixed.
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How long did you crank it before the starter started to smoke? If it was a short time I would check out the starter for problems. If you cranked a long time I would let it cool and prime the engine by putting a small amount of gas down the carburetor and try it again. If the engine is tight and you cranked a long time it could have over heated the starter.
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If you are gravity feeding the carb and gas leaked out when filling the gas supply tank it sounds as though the needle valve/float may be stuck open. Also it may help to prime the oil supply by removing the distributor and turning the oil pump with a drill and a slotted drive tip. This will help to prevent a dry start up and also may help it to turn over easier. I would be very concerned with the gas leak at the carb as it could lead to a fire.
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So I placed a different starter in and it had twice the power. I am looking into rebuilding my starter now. I ll let you know when I can.
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