Thank you.Pull the #1 spark plug, hell pull them all, you need to change them anyway and it makes it easier to turn the engine by hand. Find 0* on the balancer and mark it, while you are there mark 10* , 12* and 14* btdc too, hold your thumb over the #1 plug hole and crank the engine till you feel air push out, this is the piston coming up on tdc, stick a thin screw driver in the plug hole, crank the engine by hand feeling for the piston to move the screw driver, you can use the piston moving the screw driver to feel the piston move up than down, as it stops moving up that is tdc, your balancer should be at 0* and the rotor should point to the #1 spark plug wire tower on the distributor, oh, forgot to mention you need to mark the outside of the distributor where the #1 plug wire is.
While you are fooling around finding tdc/ rotor pointing to #1 plug wire, move the balancer back and forth noting how far you have to turn the balancer to make the rotor move, this can tell you how worn the timing chain is, although timing chain wear is less of an issue now than in the past.
No, not all annoyed with you. I'm more annoyed with the changes on the site. Keep getting notifications & clicking on them does nothing. I can no longer find conversations (also known as PM's).Haha I meant like what are the steps to get to TDC, but besides it seems you may be slightly annoyed with my responses.
I will 100% take all of your responses into consideration and I’m actually very thankful you’ve all had some weird experiences and have some good pointers for me, it’s all about piece by piece at this point! Starting from the basics, thank you everyone and I will continually update as I find out more!
You should be using the HO firing order. What firing order does it run better on?Interestingly one time a buddy and I switched the wires on the cap to match a Cleveland setup and the normal 5.0 firing order, the vehicle ran SMOOTH but had absolutely NO pick up, it revved up slower than a turtle.
You should be using the HO firing order. What firing order does it run better on?
You should be using the HO firing order. What firing order does it run
Sea of butt connectors!PIP in the distirbutor is a known issue. Definitely going to want the codes. I haven't had much luck with MSD stuff. Makes Sparks Dissapear. A basic tune up would be a good starting poing. How does that wiring look on that MSD box? Does it look like they knew what they were doing, or is it a sea of butt connectors? If you have a weak connection on an MSD box, it's going to cause problems.
Kurt
Fix'dIf you have an MSD box, it's going to cause problems.
Sea of butt connectors!
The shop is called Jake’s Automotive in Sterling Heights Michigan.Yeah, keep taking it to a 'shop' that may or may not know how to work on these cars. The members here only work on their own fox cars and have resolved similar issues but don't do what they tell you to do, just throw parts/money at it.
Let us know what happens.
I would have probably skipped the MAF as it's not really a wear item, but the rest of the stuff it probably needed anyway. If not now, then in short order. The car should run reasonably well with the MAF un plugged. Kartheif does have a point though, most places don't work on cars this old anymore. Asking the average mechanic how to set timing on a distributor today is akin to asking them how to tune a carbuerator.The shop is called Jake’s Automotive in Sterling Heights Michigan.
This is a 94’ not a fox, the eecs are difficult....I can’t tell if that was a slight diss at me but I don’t exactly have all the time in the world to get it done. Or the equipment. Not old enough to accumulate a ton of tools over time lol...however I paid this shop money before hand I would expect them to at least give it to me at same or better when I originally dropped it off. Without more $ involved
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