LET'S SORTA GET THIS SLOWED DOWN!
YOU ARE WANTING IT ALL TOO FAST!
LET'S BACK UP TO THE KEY THING. IS THAT FIXED NOW? WILL THE KEY TURN IT OVER?
IF YOU ARE JUST JUMPING THE SOLENOID, IS THE KEY "ON", TO GIVE IT IGNITION?
BEFORE WE START RIPPING STUFF OUT, LETS PULL A SPARK PLUG. PUT IT BACK INTO THE PLUG WIRE. GROUND THE BODY (NUT PART) OF THE PLUG TO A BRACKET OR SOMETHING ON THE ENGINE THAT WILL BE A GOOD GROUND. TURN THE ENGINE OVER. IS THE SPARK PLUG SPARKING AT THE ELECTRODE?
THIS ALONE, WILL LET US KNOW IF THE IGNITION SYSTEM WORKS. OTHER TESTING OF THE IGNITION PARTS MAY NOT BE NECESSARY.I CAN TALK YOU THRU ALL OF IT, IF NECESSARY.I HAVE SOME DECENT HOMEMADE PICS TOO
HERE'S THE BIG THING NOW!
WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THIS JEEP. PLEASE, IN GREAT DETAIL!
HAVE MANY OTHERS MONKEYED WITH IT, SINCE IT LAST RAN?
I'LL GIVE YOU SOME OF THE INFO YOU WANT NOW
IF YOU START JUMPING AHEAD---YOU MAY COMPOUND THE PROBLEMS--MAKE THIS HARDER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE!
IF SOMEONE HAS SNATCHED THE DISTRIBUTOR OUT---EVEN IF IGNITION IS GOOD, IT MAY BE FIRING THE CYLINDERS AT THE WRONG TIME.I CAN TALK YOU THRU PUTTING IT BACK RIGHT. WITHOUT MESSING STUFF UP!
SPARK PLUG TEST 1ST!
HERE'S THE THINGS I WANT YOU TO CHECK.
PIC 1) DC VOLTS, POSITIVE SIDE OF THE COIL. RESULTS?
PIC 2) IS YOUR COIL LIKE THIS ONE, "FOR USE WITH EXTERNAL RESISTOR"
PIC 3) LOCATE TIMING MARK ON HARMONIC BALANCER, MARK WITH WHITE OUT, CHALK ETC. JUST SO HAPPENS THIS PIC SHOWS THE MARK, IN-LINE WITH THE TIMING NUMBERS---CLEAN THE NUMBERS SO YOU CAN SEE THEM (ALL OF THIS IS SEEN, BELOW THE NUT, AND SLIGHTLY LEFT) THIS IS A AMC JEEP 304 PIC
PIC 4--5--6) I RECENTLY COMPLETELY REBUILT MY TRANNY, I TOOK PICS OF MOST OF THE PROCESS----TREMEC T-150 3 SPEED, ON THE DINING ROOM TABLE. WE WILL MESS WITH YOURS SOON!
PIC 7--8) "MR. JEEP" MY '77 CJ5 258 W/ HOLLEY 4 BBL
DO YOU HAVE TUNING STUFF--DWELL/ TACH--TIMING LIGHT?
CAN YOU SEND PICS 3 FEET FROM THE ENGINE, SEVERAL?
AM I TOO BOSSY?
JUMPED AHEAD MYSELF---PAID FOR IT TOO!
LETS MAKE IT RUN 1ST---NOT DRIVE!
IF SOMETHING SIMPLE IN YOUR TRANNY IS INSTALLED WRONG, YOU MAY SHELL OUT THE TRANNY!
RUNNING AND NOT IN GEAR, IS OUR GOAL RIGHT NOW!
TELL ME MY ANSWERS
DON'T TELL ME THAT YOU STARTED JUMPING ALL OVER, DOING OTHER STUFF!
YOUR TURN
THE MEDIC
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Thursday, September 29th, 2011 AT 3:58 AM