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| blazerchad |
 Aug 25 2009, 10:15 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 16-August 09 From: portland oregon Member No.: 10,684 Region Association: None  |
so my litle silver 1972 1.7 L has been running, not running, running...
i broke a piece in my stock dist. the ball bearing/advance hold down armature. went to a shop, figuring they had parts, they replaced my dist. was not the right dist, shorter dist cap, diff rotor.. so i yarded it out, stole the advance hold down and points, swapped them over and realized I didnt mark my position. then i noticed the dist had an offset connection, only one way to go in! OK, put the new one in, rotate the dist cam, popped into place. reset the points, did a visual dist position and cranked over, no start. odd. checked plug 1,4,3,2 firing order, position of number one on dist and to plug... hmmm... this dist worked fine until it broke, now its fixed... cant buy a new/used one... ive checked around... no love... sigh... |
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| SLITS |
Aug 25 2009, 10:32 AM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None  |
PM sent .... read it.
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| underthetire |
Aug 25 2009, 10:39 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,062 Joined: 7-October 08 From: Brentwood Member No.: 9,623 Region Association: Northern California |
Even if the advance plate is not working at all, the car should still fire. (if its ignition). Check the ground lead from the points to the distributor body. My guess is you have something else wrong.
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| SLITS |
Aug 25 2009, 11:53 AM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None |
The shorter cap one is probably the Type 3 distributor ...
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| blazerchad |
Aug 25 2009, 12:14 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 16-August 09 From: portland oregon Member No.: 10,684 Region Association: None |
that distributor that was put in by the shop was a type 3...
im going backwards to the original... (IMG:http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs195.snc1/6576_135583278520_683318520_2344725_3611263_n.jpg) think i found the problem... in the image i have one of the fi contacts broken... fixing that now.. |
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| rjames |
Aug 25 2009, 02:30 PM
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I'm made of metal Group: Members Posts: 3,927 Joined: 24-July 05 From: Shoreline, WA Member No.: 4,467 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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QUOTE(blazerchad @ Aug 25 2009, 11:14 AM)  that distributor that was put in by the shop was a type 3... im going backwards to the original... (IMG:http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs195.snc1/6576_135583278520_683318520_2344725_3611263_n.jpg) think i found the problem... in the image i have one of the fi contacts broken... fixing that now.. Don't you just hate those old wires? I was putting new points in my distributer the other day and was amazed that I haven't broken any of the existing wires in the engine bay yet just by brushing up against them. One day I will get around to replacing them all. (Probably not before I break one of them first by accident though). |
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| blazerchad |
Aug 26 2009, 03:49 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 16-August 09 From: portland oregon Member No.: 10,684 Region Association: None |
(IMG:http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs195.snc1/6576_135583278520_683318520_2344725_3611263_n.jpg)
went this morning to norvac electronics in eugene oregon... great place... the broken wire in the fi/distributor plug needed a new female connector, a very narrow one.. why not just replace 3... of course the old ones have a locking tab that holds them in place within the plastic plug, that takes half an hour to yard those out, but i see why, pushing that plug into the receptacle onside the distributor would be horrible if they backed out... they have to lock. well, norvac had that same exact connector, size, everything... no locking tab.. so i improvised. i mounted all three new tabs on fresh wire, put them in the plug and epoxied the butt end of the wires down. then put connectors on the pigs, reconnected... works great, but... dogging out... no get up... I think my tps is not right, is this common? i talk to vw guys around town and they dont touch any of that stuff... christ, the dude i had check out the ghetto rebuild on the distributor didnt know the timing specs... i printed those out and they are in a folder in my car now... sure does purr when timed... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) if only it had more power... like my accelerator just doesnt have enough motion... to the floor all the time in 3rd and 4th.. well, not all the time but enough to wonder where the power is... |
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