daddyo23 Posted March 1, 2008 Report Posted March 1, 2008 Hey Guys, got a question. I pulled the dizzy last night to replace the ground wire as it was pretty much bare wire. Put a nos in with square terminals rather than round. Fits nice and snug in there. Re-set the points, fired right up but seems to be running on half the cylinders:confused: ? It's not in 180 off, tried that. Is the gap too wide? The new terminals grounding somewhere? I'm going to pull the dizzy again and re-set everything. Any suggestions are welcome and will be avidly read and tried. Thanks, Wayne P. Quote
Young Ed Posted March 1, 2008 Report Posted March 1, 2008 Did you change the screws? Too long of a screw can have it grounding out underneath Quote
Don Coatney Posted March 1, 2008 Report Posted March 1, 2008 Is your distributor cap installed correctly with both clips fastened? Is the rotor fully seated? Any cracks in the distributor cap? Are the plug wires fully seated in the cap. Are the plug wires installed following the firing order (1-5-3-6-2-4) with no wires crossed? Quote
oldmopar Posted March 1, 2008 Report Posted March 1, 2008 Are you sure all the plug wires are tight and in the correct position sometimes they come out a little in the cap and you do not see it unless you push on them. Did you reset the timing after you set the points Quote
daddyo23 Posted March 1, 2008 Author Report Posted March 1, 2008 Screw are the same, cap is good and strapped down. I wonder if the new terminals on the wire might ground out? Wires are correct order and tight.I haven't been able to check timing yet, if I can get it running long enough to put the light on I will. I'll pull it out again and double check everything. Thanks for the advice. Quote
Ed Griffin Posted March 1, 2008 Report Posted March 1, 2008 Try putting your timing light on each wire and see if your getting spark through each one. Even if you can't get it to run long enough you can turn it over and watch for the light to flash. Sounds like your not getting fire only to some of the plugs. Swap wires if you find a good spark and see if you get the same results through a different wire. Quote
Jerry Roberts Posted March 2, 2008 Report Posted March 2, 2008 Put your finger on the plate that gets moved with the vacuum advance and move it while looking at the wire that you just installed . Are either of the end connectors on that wire now touching the side of the distributor and grounding ? Quote
daddyo23 Posted March 2, 2008 Author Report Posted March 2, 2008 That's what it was. Pulled it out and the new terminal was hitting the plate so it couldn't advance. Thanks, Jerry, and everyone else. Quote
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