Re: Messed up tune-up

From: Steve Preston (steveophonic@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Oct 23 2007 - 18:38:01 EDT


You could have grounded out your coil.

Steve P.

--- Zachary Burcham <roadking_dakota@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> OK, I'll try to cover my bases so far. Was changing
> the cap and rotor on my 92 Dakota. I didn't get the
> cap on right the first time, with only the driver's
> side screwed down and the passengers side down, but
> crooked. Started the truck and it ran, but barely,
> thinking I might have the coil wire loose I pressed
> down on it and the cap I could feel the rotor
> hitting in there and the truck died. It broke the
> rotor. Went and got a new rotor, the cap had a bit
> of a gouge in it but all the contacts looked fine.
> Put together with new rotor and the truck cranks but
> won't start. I've swapped the pick-up as well
> (little plastic plate under cap) and gotten a whole
> new cap and rotor set and changed the wires (already
> had been on order) with the same result, cranks, no
> real attempt to fire. Any ideas here? I'm super
> stumped and so are most other people.
>
> Zach
>
>
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