For giggles and grins - given the aggravation of having an engine that turned readily would not start - and suspecting the Hall Sensor - I pulled the distributor from my '91 Carat project vehicle =- stuck it into the '88GL giving me problems - and it fired right up!! Conclusion? - Hall Sender for sure. Still have to set the timing. There seems to be a little timing difference between the two engines but that's no biggie.
But I at least have both of my 88GL's back on the road Just in time for Christmas. Thanks to all who helped~ John |
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