I'm having issues with my car running with the spout connector plugged in (that's what my mustang buddys call it) it's a little grey plastic connector with 2 prongs inside that you connect beside the distributor on the wiring harness. You remove this when adjusting the timing and then put it back in. WELL... I was at the store the other day and I went to crank my car and it just turned over and sputtered....over and over I cranked it and it would just "fart" a bit but not crank. My good friend who has had MANY stangs in his day came to my rescue and quickly noticed that my distributor had come loose and my timing was off. He pulled the spout connector and re-adjusted my timing... Then when he put the connector back in place the car shut off!
I went to the junk yard and got 100 of them out of all kinds of fords...they all have the same part number and some even came out of mustangs, but no matter what I do...my car either won't crank at all, or if it cranks it refuses to run right with this little connector in place.
My questions are:
Is this bad news?...
What is the spout connector for?...
How can I figure out what has went wrong to cause my car to act like this??..
Can I just leave it out?...
If I do will it cause any damage to the car?
I went to the junk yard and got 100 of them out of all kinds of fords...they all have the same part number and some even came out of mustangs, but no matter what I do...my car either won't crank at all, or if it cranks it refuses to run right with this little connector in place.
My questions are:
Is this bad news?...
What is the spout connector for?...
How can I figure out what has went wrong to cause my car to act like this??..
Can I just leave it out?...
If I do will it cause any damage to the car?