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123 Install Today - GETTING CLOSER..., PROGRESS: BAD MPS |
FlacaProductions |
Dec 14 2023, 09:50 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,733 Joined: 24-November 17 From: LA Member No.: 21,628 Region Association: Southern California |
74 2.0 D-Jet
Heading to the garage now to start the install and my main, unresolved-in-my-brain question is if i need to hook up the vacuum line that is on my current stock distributor, on the 123. |
FlacaProductions |
Dec 15 2023, 03:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,733 Joined: 24-November 17 From: LA Member No.: 21,628 Region Association: Southern California |
I did call and Ed was great. Confirmed all the wiring. The only thing I haven’t tried is a 12v line straight from the battery to the coil but I get 12v at the coil already and also just tried the old coil for fun.
Still no joy. I’ve removed and done the whole thing over multiple times. It sputters. A little. Never fires. I rotate in small bumps each way. Neither seems better than the other. I’m lost. More: just talked to Ed again and he said short of running a hot line straight from the battery to the + side of the coil to eliminate any resistance issues, I'm going to send it back let Ed see if it's just a bad unit. Stuff just doesn't arrive DOA much anymore but I guess I hope it is. I've basically spun that distributor nearly 270 from its starting point and at no point does it act like it's close to starting. I've actually gotten some nasty kick-backs that don't excite me much as I hate fixing one thing only to create another issue. I've confirmed spark by pulling the coil wire and holding it close to a ground point - i can hear the fuel pump run at key-on. I've confirmed over and over the firing order and plug wire order. shrugs. I'm sure I'll get it but man...it's a head-scratcher right now. |
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