78 HEI Trouble
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Burning Brakes
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From: Baldwinsville, NY
I tried it there was nothing, no spark. Bought a new $126 distributor from O REILLY's, be careful testing with screw driver, my finger feels like I hit it with a hammer!
Thanks for the help.
Thanks for the help.
Burning Brakes
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Pull a plug leave the wire attached lay it on the block crank and look for spark in the gap.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Baldwinsville, NY
My car died in San Diego 10 feet from my sons driveway. With 2900 miles to get home I was thinking that $126 was not a bad price. When testing the old distributor I put a screwdriver in a spark plug wire and tried to ground the screwdriver to see if there was a spark. When I installed the new distributor I tested the screwdriver in the spark plug wire and my finger got too close to the screwdriver.
Le Mans Master
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This is what I do too... Its a bit overkill to replace the whole distributor when the coil or module would heave been much quicker to replace since you wouldn't have to mess with timing but hey what's done is done I guess. Since you have to time the new distributor I would think the timing light would be a dead give away whether you have spark.... You did adjust the timing right ?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Baldwinsville, NY
timing setup
I marked the angle of the distributor via the vacuum can port as a pointer anb the valve cover. Now the aluminum valve cover has a sharpie mark on it that is not coming off very easily.
The rotor was marked on the distributor for final position and starting point. I transferred the marks to the new distributor. The new distributor looked like the rotor and position were the same as the old one, and it started jusr fine.
I need to test it today for drivabity. Looking into were to borrow a timing light.
The rotor was marked on the distributor for final position and starting point. I transferred the marks to the new distributor. The new distributor looked like the rotor and position were the same as the old one, and it started jusr fine.
I need to test it today for drivabity. Looking into were to borrow a timing light.
Burning Brakes
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My car died in San Diego 10 feet from my sons driveway. With 2900 miles to get home I was thinking that $126 was not a bad price. When testing the old distributor I put a screwdriver in a spark plug wire and tried to ground the screwdriver to see if there was a spark. When I installed the new distributor I tested the screwdriver in the spark plug wire and my finger got too close to the screwdriver.
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Burning Brakes
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Burning Brakes
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Your talking screw drivers I'm talking spark plugs. Just lay the plug on the block and crank and observe no more to it