*HELP ASAP* Car missing and I'm far from home!

94Silverbullet

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Can someone let me know where a good shop is in the Chapel Hill, NC area is? I live in MD.

I burned a couple spark plug wires and replaced them, but I still get some sputtering, missing and knocking.

Maybe the plugs are fouled?

any ideas and shops?

I only have like today and possibly the latest monday to get it fixed.

thanks

 

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Daggar

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Check the usual:

Cap
Rotor
Timing
Coil and coil feed
Firing order (incase you swapped on accident when you replaced the wires)

 

sunil6784

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make sure all your plug wire connections are tight, that happened to me once to and the number 7 plug wire popped a little loose. Those MSD caps......

 

94Silverbullet

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thanks

 

sunil6784

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Did you fix it ?

 

94Silverbullet

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not yet.

the plug wires aren't mixed up. I replaced the #2 and the #8. It's still doing the same thing.

 

HISSIN50

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so if you pull the plug wires that you think are problematic, does the idle change?

If you have spark to the cylinders, I would pull the plugs for each of those bad ones and check the electrode and ground strap.

Good luck.

 

5.02GO

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Check spark gap on plugs?

Ummm......vacuum leak? Check connections

Spout connector off or missing?

Mass air sensor hooked up. Heating elements "clean" inside of meter?

O2 sensors?


Thats all i can think of now.............Good luck man!

 

deadlast

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is the coil the piece that the wire from the center of the cap connects to? does anyone know if i can get just that wire?

 

HISSIN50

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You can get a generic coil wire at parts stores. Not sure if it is long enough for a fox (it would be for an SN).

The coil wire [single 'plug wire'] goes from the middle of the dizzy to the coil (little cylinder mounted on the driver side fender).

Good luck.

 

Rick 91GT

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David give me a call tomorrow (SUNDAY)

 

HISSIN50

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Rick 91GT said:

David give me a call tomorrow (SUNDAY)

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