stuck on i-5 please help, using my cell phone, call if you can Options

[cbenitah]

i'm using internet on my cell phone. I got stuck on i-5 going towards san diego from la. I was driving 75 and then the car died. The tach just went down. It turns over but won't start. If you know whats wrong please call me. 858 353 5459
right now i'm stuck between an on ramp and the freeway. Waiting for AAA to towe me to the next exit at least. Thanks from a stranded friend

[Dave_Darling]

QUOTE (Brando @ Jan 15 2006, 02:28 AM)

Whoops! Scratch that... L-Jet, the Tach is ECU-Controlled.

No, it runs off the points, just the way the tachs in the D-jet cars do. The EFI also runs off the ignition points in the L-jet cars, perhaps that's where the confusion is coming from?

Anyway, I agree with checking the points and condensor. Make sure that the points do open and close. Make sure that the "hot" side of the coil (fatter black wire, may have a red stripe) gets +12V when the key is on. You can use a ground wire touched to the (-) terminal of the coil and removed to simulate the points opening and closing (unplug the points wire, the tach wire, and the FI wire from that terminal first!) to test the coil. If you get a spark from the center terminal (run the wire about 1/8" from a ground) when you do that, the coil is OK.

--DD