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Gall757
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JAN 14, 10:30 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by 2fast288fierogt:
My tach bounces off of three and touches four hundred rpms when I crank it. I forgot to mention that.
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Ok... shoot some starting fluid into the throttle body while cranking the starter. If it does not respond, you need to work on the secondary ignition...(high voltage), which is plugs and wires, distributor rotor and cap, and another part of the ignition coil. If the engine does run a little, then it's time to work on the fuel delivery.
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James Bond 007
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JAN 14, 12:54 PM
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Did you remove the spark plug wires (check your fireing order again)? Check your fuses. A bad distributor cap can cause this.
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2fast288fierogt
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JAN 14, 01:50 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Gall757:
Ok... shoot some starting fluid into the throttle body while cranking the starter. If it does not respond, you need to work on the secondary ignition...(high voltage), which is plugs and wires, distributor rotor and cap, and another part of the ignition coil. If the engine does run a little, then it's time to work on the fuel delivery. |
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I tried telling my brother to spray while I cranked, he read the can and said that he'll blow up, so he won't do it. I offered switching places but he refused to turn the key that'll "blow me up". Anyway we did it just sprayed some a split second before cranking. Thanks I'll check all of those things. still not starting.[This message has been edited by 2fast288fierogt (edited 01-14-2017).]
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Gall757
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JAN 14, 04:58 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
It was actually Gall's test procedure... but I'm sure he steals my credit on occasion, so it's okay.  |
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I stole it from Phonedawgz a few years back....
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Gall757
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JAN 14, 05:04 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by 2fast288fierogt:
I tried telling my brother to spray while I cranked, he read the can and said that he'll blow up, so he won't do it. I offered switching places but he refused to turn the key that'll "blow me up". Anyway we did it just sprayed some a split second before cranking. Thanks I'll check all of those things. still not starting.
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You should be able to spray a shot into the throttle body, run around an start the car.....and not blow up. If the car does not fire for a second or two, the ignition coil is the next thing.
Up here in the north country we spray that stuff all over the place in the winter time, and I have not seen anybody blow up yet....  [This message has been edited by Gall757 (edited 01-14-2017).]
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2fast288fierogt
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JAN 14, 05:28 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Gall757:
You should be able to spray a shot into the throttle body, run around an start the car.....and not blow up. If the car does not fire for a second or two, the ignition coil is the next thing.
Up here in the north country we spray that stuff all over the place in the winter time, and I have not seen anybody blow up yet....
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Well then thank you phonedawgz I guess haha. I just convinced my brother to crank the engine while I sprayed into tho throttle body. He was hesitant at first and told me to cover my face with something, then I told him about you boys up in the north country and he agreed.
we did it, it sounded like it wanted to turn on. I think it made it crank faster, we may be on the cusp of something here.[This message has been edited by 2fast288fierogt (edited 01-14-2017).]
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85 SE VIN 9
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JAN 14, 09:21 PM
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IMHO if you had any kind of spark it would have started. I vote for coil.
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2fast288fierogt
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JAN 15, 01:02 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by 85 SE VIN 9:
IMHO if you had any kind of spark it would have started. I vote for coil. |
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I bought a duralast gold distributer cap and rotor, installed them, it didn't start. I tried the starting fluid in the manifold and it still didn't start. I also bought six Autolite spark plugs but the old ones are a little rusty so I'm letting the rust buster sit and hopefully it'll help me get them out, maybe tomorrow. Tomorrow I'm going to go pick up a duralast ignition coil and a duralast gold ignition wire set. Hopefully after all that it will start. When I was trying to start it today I think I smelled gas maybe? Not sure. I was pressing the gas to try to get it to start.[This message has been edited by 2fast288fierogt (edited 01-15-2017).]
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Patrick
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JAN 15, 02:25 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by 2fast288fierogt:
I was pressing the gas to try to get it to start.
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You were "pressing the gas"? You mean the gas pedal? What do you think that will actually do? The throttle-body on your engine does not have an accelerator pump. Leave the gas pedal alone when you're starting the car.
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2fast288fierogt
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JAN 15, 03:36 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
You were "pressing the gas"? You mean the gas pedal? What do you think that will actually do? The throttle-body on your engine does not have an accelerator pump. Leave the gas pedal alone when you're starting the car.
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Yes the gas pedal, I did not know that.
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