New Member w/a 64 Electra 225 2dr HT

[danwilliams1969]

Hello everyone

So glad I finally joined. I inherited a 1964 Buick Electra 225 2dr Hardtop from my grandmother that passsed away. It has been in a backyard shed in Washington state since 2003 and as of yesterday it is at home with me in Beaverton, Oregon.

Car wont start (installed a new battery today) put about 3 gallons of "new" gas in, used some carb spray, nothing. Any suggestions? I checked the motor numbers and it reads as a KW 203 (which according to Team Buick) it is a "Nailhead" 425 4bbl engine. To my knowledge, everything is original. My grandmother had been the sole owner of this car til her passing in 2002.

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

[Bob]

First is to look down the carb, move the linkage and see if there is a squirt of gas down the venturi. Next, pull a plug, or put a plug into a plug wire, ground it to the engine and crank. Check that there is a spark.

[danwilliams1969]

Thanks Bob, will do as you suggested

[mjt]

So glad I finally joined. I inherited a 1964 Buick Electra 225 2dr Hardtop from my grandmother that passsed away. It has been in a backyard shed in Washington state since 2003 and as of yesterday it is at home with me in Beaverton, Oregon.

Car wont start (installed a new battery today) put about 3 gallons of "new" gas in, used some carb spray, nothing. Any suggestions?

Since it's been sitting for 7 years, I'd change the oils/filter and do a proper
check of all the ignition components - heck, if it were my car, I'd simply
replace everything (spark plugs/cap/rotor/wires/points) - that way there's
no question about the quality of the components. (I inherited my mom's
LeSabre about a year ago and did this very thing).

At a minimum, you should pull the plugs and check them for color and
clean them, check the plug wires for proper ohm reading, clean and
verify the gap on the points.

If you sprayed "starter fluid" (you mentioned "carb spray") in the carb
and it didn't fire up, I'd suspect the electrical end of things. Again, get
a multimeter and check the plug wires and verify the coil. I'd look around
the engine bay at all the wiring too (such as disconnected wires). Some
of the wiring harness(es) travel along the top of the engine, and over time,
with the heat of the engine, those wires become brittle and can easily break.