Date:         Sat, 14 Oct 2000 22:46:11 -0700
Reply-To:     Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
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From:         Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Organization: WetWesties (http://www.wetwesties.org)
Subject:      Re: Ignition problem?
Comments: To: Frank Assinck <fcajax@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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Frank,

Try removing and cleaning the grounds.  I'm not familiar with the 2.1
litre motor that you have in your '86, but on a 1.9 litre there's a
whole bunch of them fastened under a 6mm bolt (10mm wrench) on the
left cylinder head (front is front) over the #4 cylinder.

Jim Arnott
WetWesties
Union, OR

> Frank Assinck wrote:
>
> L.S.
>
<snip>
> the ignition is cut off randomly. This
> problem comes and goes but when it acts up its no fun to drive in
> the car. The problem does not act up when the car is idle-ing, which
> makes it very hard to track down the problem in a garage. It's not
> the coil and not the distributor because they were exchanged and the
> problem still acted up.
<snip>
> From two
> different sides I heard that this problem has to do with
> the grounding of the electrical circuit and that other electrical
> device ( like power windows or maybe the fridge) can disturb the
> ignition circuit.