If everything was working before you changed the cap & rotor and it
doesn't work with the old cap & rotor on it now, I'd check all of the other
wires for something else you might have disconnected from the distributor,
coil or control unit. Finding TDC the way Frank suggested would go a long
way toward making sure the rotor is pointing to the right #1 wire and end
all of that confusion. Then hook a timing light to #1 and see if the timing
is close. You should be able to get it close by just cranking, with the
vacuum advance line disconnected and plugged. Has the distributor been
loosened at all?
I have a habit of using wire numbering tape (you can find at home
centers) to number wires and then draw a diagram of where they go, before
disassembling anything. I've been in a similar situation before, it's
miserable.
Ron
96 Coachmen
At 03:52 PM 12/30/04, you wrote:
>The rotor is definitely turning, else I would not get this regular
>spark while cranking. So I also think that whatever is wrong, it's not
>the timing gear.
>
>Yes, I tried putting back the old cap and rotor, marking where #1 is
>based on the marked position on the new cap. I put cylinder 1 there,
>then the rest of the wires in the firing order, clockwise. Still won't
>start.
>
>It was starting fine and running fine just before I started messing
>with the cap, so it's unlikely that the coil just suddenly went bad.
>But I'll check the spark.
>
>I'm not sure what good it will do me to find TDC. The new cap is
>marked for #1 clockwise, and I've marked the old cap correspondingly.
>And I tried all 8 positions in any case.
>
> Robert
>
>--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Roger Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
> > I may be wrong, but if you stripped the timing gear, you would probably
> > have more problems than just not starting - It happened in my '75 360
> > pickup. Bent quite a few valves. If the timing gear is stripped, you
>won't
> > have any rotation of the rotor, because the distributer shaft won't
>be turning.
> >
> > Have you thought about putting the old cap and rotor back on?
>Perhaps you
> > got one of the "rare" bad-out-of-the-box rotors or cap? I have seen it
> > happen - if something is "off", you will never get any spark...
> >
> > If the timing light is flashing, you SHOULD have spark, perhaps not
>enough.
> > Take the plug wire off the cap, put a phillips screwdriver in the
>plug cap,
> > and put the screwdriver shaft close to ground, and have someone
>crank'er
> > over. You should have a nice, blue spark. If it's yellow, it's not hot
> > enough, and your coil may be weak.
> >
> > Have you found TDC yet?
> >
> > Just my $.02 worth...
> >
> > Roger
>
>
>
>
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