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During tuneup it quit
I was on my way to having the engine running great... set the dwell, RPM's smooth at 900. Took Pelicans timing mark adjustment drawing, put it on the fan and painted the mark at the 27 degree mark (cause mine didn't have one [doing that IS a real *****!]). Loosened the distributor and hooked up the timing light... UH-OH! Won't start! Checked all the wires for a disconnected one.... nothing. Still won't start. Gotta check for spark today and see if the tach wire got grounded, or the condenser failed. With all that checking I'm sure the distributor moved... probably really screwed now,eh? oh well, just that much more to play with.......
bruce 
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11-07-2002, 05:41 AM
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Make sure the distributor didn't move vertically. Check to make sure the rotor is turning with the cap off and the engine being cranked.
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11-07-2002, 07:11 AM
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Good idea, thanks James. Sheese! if that happened I got a whole lot more to learn & play with. If the distributor is loosened too much do they normally do that when the engine is cranked?
I picked up a used set of tune up stuff; tach/dwell meter, timing light, vacuum gauge, compression gauge, remote start switch... All I wanted to do was play with it!  bruce
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11-07-2002, 08:01 AM
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It's not normal, but just something that could happen and it popped into my head.
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11-07-2002, 08:17 AM
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Use the cause and effect method here. You hooked up the light and THEN the car wouldn't start. Gotta be the way you hooked up the light 'cause that's the last thig you did. Go back to the way it was, if you moved the dizzy big, move it back to where you think it was. It will start. the things will run, albeit not well, when the dizzy is just close.
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11-07-2002, 05:49 PM
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