Date:         Fri, 9 Feb 2001 18:01:18 -0600
Reply-To:     Carl Hansen <carl_hansen@IEEE.ORG>
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From:         Carl Hansen <carl_hansen@IEEE.ORG>
Subject:      Not running yet.  ?????? any ideas.
Comments: To: SyncroList - post <Syncro@ONElist.com>,
          Mark Drillock <drillock@earthlink.net>
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          "VW - Wade, Kyle" <vwmaster@VOLKS-MOTORSPORTS.COM>
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Mark, List.

We don't think it's the Hall sensor.  We do have spark, in the right order.
I do have an alternate dist. from a '90 w/auto but haven't tried that
because it is sparking.

Oh, new plugs went in 'cause the others looked kinda dark.

Ch

Carl Hansen
952.440.2899
carl_hansen@ieee.org



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Per Mark Drillock
Carl, it may well be the hall device in the distributor. Swap the
distributor from the 90, it should work no problem. First make
absolutely sure that the Syncro's spark plug wires are in the correct
order as they may have been messed up during earlier trouble shooting.
Pull the cap off and the rotor should point to the tiny notch on the rim
of the distributor when the engine is at TDC.

Mark

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*  She's turning over.
*  Bill says he smells fuel, thought it was getting too much
   so put a regulator on.
*  No obvious leaks in the hoses.  They
   were all replaced by the dealer about 6 months before I shut her
   down.  Also got injectors at the time, I think due to a recall?
*  System does hold pressure.
*  We swapped in an alternate brain and an alternate AFM.
*  She still will not fire.  Well, Bill says she hit maybe 5-6 times
   but doesn't stay running.
History:
She sat for 3 years in the garage.  All the fuel leaked out thru the
corrosion on the pump and filter.  I had it runnning briefly (around the
block twice, different times), but not on all 4.  I went to back out at 3am
and she died in the driveway.  We haven't been able to get her to fire
since.

Any ideas, anything obvious we are missing??
*  Injectors?
*  needs new plugs? Dist. Cap?
*  deteriorated plug wires?
*  Any one know if the distributor from a '90 with Auto is the same??
   I have a spare.
I'm starting to get a little nervous here.