What is a this?
What is a this?
03-22-02, 09:38 AM
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Originally posted by MIKE-P-28
I think it tells the coil when to fire...
I have an extra
I think it tells the coil when to fire...
I have an extra
03-22-02, 02:37 PM
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Originally posted by hanman
error,
Is this what you think is preventing your SE from starting?
So the ecu is ok?
hanman, topeka
error,
Is this what you think is preventing your SE from starting?
So the ecu is ok?
hanman, topeka
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03-22-02, 02:53 PM
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Originally posted by V8kilr
you could switch the ignitor boxes if its anything like the gs,
then you will still have leading and your car will run off leading alone.
just to test if one is bad.
you could switch the ignitor boxes if its anything like the gs,
then you will still have leading and your car will run off leading alone.
just to test if one is bad.
03-22-02, 03:08 PM
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naw it's cool 
the ignitors are the two little black things on the sides of the distributor, each one has a 2-prong connector plugged in to it. The trailing one (the one that causes a no-start condition when it fails) is the one that is close to the alternator - easiest way I've seen to remove it is to take the alternator belt off and the adjuster bolt and swing the alt. way up out of the way. It's two Phillips screws, and after being stuck in aluminum threads for the past 17 years they won't want to come out easily.
Before you start ripping in to all of that, though... just try switching the electrical connectors and see if it starts. I wouldn't drive it like that but it's a quick way to diagnose.
the ignitors are the two little black things on the sides of the distributor, each one has a 2-prong connector plugged in to it. The trailing one (the one that causes a no-start condition when it fails) is the one that is close to the alternator - easiest way I've seen to remove it is to take the alternator belt off and the adjuster bolt and swing the alt. way up out of the way. It's two Phillips screws, and after being stuck in aluminum threads for the past 17 years they won't want to come out easily.
Before you start ripping in to all of that, though... just try switching the electrical connectors and see if it starts. I wouldn't drive it like that but it's a quick way to diagnose.
03-22-02, 03:17 PM
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Are the ignitors on the GS's the same as the ones on the GSL-SE's?
Error, if they are the same, i have two spares. You could borrow one to see if would start.
By the way, I am out of town right now. I won't be back in Topeka until late Sunday night. If you need to though, we could hook up early in the week. I may be going over to KC to a hotel out by the airport. I could possibly meet you somewhere.
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Error, if they are the same, i have two spares. You could borrow one to see if would start.
By the way, I am out of town right now. I won't be back in Topeka until late Sunday night. If you need to though, we could hook up early in the week. I may be going over to KC to a hotel out by the airport. I could possibly meet you somewhere.
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03-22-02, 04:27 PM
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peejay - i'll try it, at this point i'm willing to try anything. if someone told me that my '85 would start if i put pepsi into the gas tank, i would try it. God knows I've tried everything else to get this thing started. 
hanman - sweet! it seems everytime i need something you have it. either way i could drive out there if it would be easier for ya.
hanman - sweet! it seems everytime i need something you have it.
either way i could drive out there if it would be easier for ya.
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Originally posted by hanman
Are the ignitors on the GS's the same as the ones on the GSL-SE's?
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Are the ignitors on the GS's the same as the ones on the GSL-SE's?
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