sorry I forgot your older post.. on compression... water, bridge, etc...
conclusion all bad wiring. (connections and corrosion, in salt bath , up north, i think they only run salt near just below freezing and way below , none)
the only little black wire at starter is , the ST wire, the key wire, if open, starter is DEAD. (heck any starter wire.)
the main battery ground must go to the starter top bolt, and be real tight or the world goes funky. same with ground behind the battery to body.
my ground page shows them all, (to EFI)
hey , you are really on track with this car. !! good luck.
when i did the distributor swap i pulled the old one off at #1 firing or thereabouts noted its positon and slipped the new distributor in same way. took it over to the shop with the timing light and it was at 10 degrees, so i wound it down to 5 and all is well.
I did the majority of this work outside at -30c in the dark as it is dark season now so no sunrise till February. (OUCH !!!)
It wasnt until I was preparing to do my electrical testing, after careful examination of the FSM did i realize i should put the starter wire back on and go from there.
The car immediately went from flashing SEL, obvious misfire and only 100 to 130kms per tank of fuel,and glowing cat running condition to a smooth running high idle on cold start up, better fuel consumption, before I could literally watch the needle drop in a 15km commute. prior to my trouble i was getting 350 kms to about 40ltrs of fuel.
Car seems fine.
Except now iam pretty sure the cat is toast and it has cause an exhaust leak at the manifold. good volume of white smoke coming from manifold area on cold stats and a good whooshing noise on acceleration.
This I will fix soon, I wonder if I allow the exhaust to flow better if the leak will go away or if i will need to take the manifold off and put new gasket.
You dont think the the little black starter wire was the fix? Nothing else i did really changed much at all. I guess i will know more after a few hundred km's of driving.
Did a visual inspection of all ground and wiggled the crank position sensor. that s all.
I will let you know if things get really bad again.
I will take a look at the crank keyway when i change my timing belt and water pump.
conclusion all bad wiring. (connections and corrosion, in salt bath , up north, i think they only run salt near just below freezing and way below , none)
the only little black wire at starter is , the ST wire, the key wire, if open, starter is DEAD. (heck any starter wire.)
the main battery ground must go to the starter top bolt, and be real tight or the world goes funky. same with ground behind the battery to body.
my ground page shows them all, (to EFI)
hey , you are really on track with this car. !! good luck.
when i did the distributor swap i pulled the old one off at #1 firing or thereabouts noted its positon and slipped the new distributor in same way. took it over to the shop with the timing light and it was at 10 degrees, so i wound it down to 5 and all is well.
I did the majority of this work outside at -30c in the dark as it is dark season now so no sunrise till February. (OUCH !!!)
It wasnt until I was preparing to do my electrical testing, after careful examination of the FSM did i realize i should put the starter wire back on and go from there.
The car immediately went from flashing SEL, obvious misfire and only 100 to 130kms per tank of fuel,and glowing cat running condition to a smooth running high idle on cold start up, better fuel consumption, before I could literally watch the needle drop in a 15km commute. prior to my trouble i was getting 350 kms to about 40ltrs of fuel.
Car seems fine.
Except now iam pretty sure the cat is toast and it has cause an exhaust leak at the manifold. good volume of white smoke coming from manifold area on cold stats and a good whooshing noise on acceleration.
This I will fix soon, I wonder if I allow the exhaust to flow better if the leak will go away or if i will need to take the manifold off and put new gasket.
You dont think the the little black starter wire was the fix? Nothing else i did really changed much at all. I guess i will know more after a few hundred km's of driving.
Did a visual inspection of all ground and wiggled the crank position sensor. that s all.
I will let you know if things get really bad again.
I will take a look at the crank keyway when i change my timing belt and water pump.
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