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- Path: sparky!uunet!boulder!bowmanj
- From: bowmanj@csn.org (Jerry Bowman)
- Subject: Re: Fiero problem
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.213318.19782@colorado.edu>
- Sender: news@colorado.edu (The Daily Planet)
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- Organization: University of Colorado Boulder, OCS
- References: <vines.726436714@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:33:18 GMT
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- In article <vines.726436714@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov> vines@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov (Ken Vines) writes:
- >After installing a new distributer cap, rotor and sparkplug wires,
- >my '85 fiero V6 will not start. It cranks OK, got spark on the
- >wires, but no luck starting. I was careful to not switch the
- >sequence of the wires, but now I'm beginning to wonder.
- >
- >The front (trunk-side) bank is 1-3-5, the rear is 2-4-6 and the
- >firing order is 1-2-3-4-5-6 according to the shop manual. I cant
- >be sure which terminal on the distributer is 1 since the timing
- >mark is wore off and its not mentioned in the manual.
- >
- >The stock cap has a 2 printed at one of the terminals, that is the
- >only indication of the starting order. Am I right?
- >I doubt I was able to twist the distibuter shaft while removing the
- >rotor. The ignition module connections are fine.
- >
- >It's also possible something got disconnected, but everything looks
- >OK. Do I need to remove the battery terminal to reset the computer?
- >Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance...
- >
-
- If your not sure you got the wire back in the same places, I
- would pull my #1 spark plug, put my thumb over the hole and
- have someone tap the starter till the compression tries to
- blow your thumb off the hole. Bring the timing mark up toTDC,
- it should be close. Then pull your dist. cap and it will be pointing
- to the terminal that should be #1. Good Luck!
-