Washed my engine Ch. 3
05-14-2003, 03:04 AM
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Washed my engine Ch. 3
Finally got the poor baby running again. The rub is I probably could have days ago if I wasn't such an imbecile. Here's the list of fixes: Swapped coil, cap and rotor, new plugs, new wires, cleaned a bunck of connections, checked some grounds, pulled and cleaned the reference sensors (replaced one due to a broken plug), tried to swap the DME relay (couldn't get it to budge), slatehred dielectric grease in all the connections and boots. After all that I talked to a guy at work today who said " did you make sure you plugged the wires to right spots on the distro?" Am I stupid?!? . . . Well yes! when I swapped out the cap the old one had the numbers on it, so I used it as a guide for the new one, only problem was I was looking at the old cap upside down. After all the fustration I pulled off the wires, plugged them in where they were supposed to go (they even fit better like that, go figure), and Viola. First try and up and running. Boy am I stupid. Well live and learn. While I was at it I installed a Jacobs Omni Magnum, with Jacobs energy core wires, and a throttle cam. Lookout morning traffic, I'm back!
<img border="0" alt="[byebye]" title="" src="graemlins/wave.gif" />
Louie
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Louie
05-14-2003, 04:42 AM
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We laugh with you, not at you! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> At least you figured it out yourself, instead of hauling her to a shop!
- Julie
- Julie
05-14-2003, 10:47 AM
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Burning Brakes
and cleaning all those connections will keep you from being stuck somewhere far from home
except for that DME relay...
bending the tip of an small screw driver into a right angle may get that thing out
except for that DME relay...
bending the tip of an small screw driver into a right angle may get that thing out
05-14-2003, 11:54 AM
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Drifting
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Lousailor:
<strong>and Viola. First try and up and running. Boy am I stupid. Well live and learn. <img border="0" alt="[byebye]" title="" src="graemlins/wave.gif" /> Louie</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Don't feel so bad because I reinstalled my distributor cap upside down after the timing belt job and guess what? The car just cranked and cranked and wouldn't turn over. I felt so dumb <img border="0" alt="[oops]" title="" src="graemlins/oops.gif" />
<strong>and Viola. First try and up and running. Boy am I stupid. Well live and learn. <img border="0" alt="[byebye]" title="" src="graemlins/wave.gif" /> Louie</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Don't feel so bad because I reinstalled my distributor cap upside down after the timing belt job and guess what? The car just cranked and cranked and wouldn't turn over. I felt so dumb <img border="0" alt="[oops]" title="" src="graemlins/oops.gif" />