'87 GL Auto I pulled off the injector connections and in the process apparently knocked off the coil wire. It couldn't have been on there very well, and when I looked at it later it and the coil were very gunked up and greasy. I had cranked the engine for a total of about a minute (a few seconds at a time) when I went back to reconnect everything and discovered the loose wire. I re-attached everything and tried to start the engine (which had started just fine before the tranny swap) and no joy. I pulled out the coil (whoever designed that mount should be fried in their own juices); I cleaned it and tested it per Bentley. It was way out of spec on the primary. I grabbed another presumably good coil and tested it; it tested 'good' so I put it in. Still no start. I know I need to go through the procedures in the book and test all kinds of crap but right now I'm more of a mind to set the damn thing on fire so I thought I'd see if y'all had some pointers before I go back out there. In the meantime I'm topping off the battery and I'm going to hang out inside and cool down. I seem to remember somebody (maybe Dennis) saying that cranking the engine without the coil wire on would damage something (the Hall sender) but I couldn't find much in my archives. Any help will be much appreciated. Cya, Robert |
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