Automobile Help
- Thread starter Foul Mouth
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the gas is half full.............
the starter and alternator should be cool cus i disconnected the battery before i worked on it...........
the wires shouldnt be crossed cus i do one plug/wire at a time............
i had my girl start the car while i pressed down on the wires on the distributer cap,still nothin..............
im thinkin maybe bad plug wires? or one bad wire? how do you check wires? i've heard different ways. i have an ohm reader but i dont realy know how to use it..........
the starter and alternator should be cool cus i disconnected the battery before i worked on it...........
the wires shouldnt be crossed cus i do one plug/wire at a time............
i had my girl start the car while i pressed down on the wires on the distributer cap,still nothin..............
im thinkin maybe bad plug wires? or one bad wire? how do you check wires? i've heard different ways. i have an ohm reader but i dont realy know how to use it..........
Check and see if you replaced that little metal piece that goes in the cap, its like a little bent piece of metal, my buick wouldn't start cause the mechanic forgot to put it in
If you don't do a lot of tuneups you might not even noticed it fall out or even paid attention to it
Does anyone know what I'm talkin about and can explain it better
Its a little flat piece of metal that makes a connection in the dist. Cap
If you don't do a lot of tuneups you might not even noticed it fall out or even paid attention to it
Does anyone know what I'm talkin about and can explain it better
Its a little flat piece of metal that makes a connection in the dist. Cap
Last time I posted in a car repair thread here on the siccness, my car broke down within an hour. Oh well.
A lot of people just need to clean the posts, and/or the wires from the post. You can get some juice through to power the console lights, radio etc..., but to start the vehicle it requires more juice than the other aspects of a cars electronics system. Many times it's as simple as that.
A lot of people just need to clean the posts, and/or the wires from the post. You can get some juice through to power the console lights, radio etc..., but to start the vehicle it requires more juice than the other aspects of a cars electronics system. Many times it's as simple as that.
To check that the wires are good you can use a multimeter and check the impedance. I don't know what it should be but you should be able to look that up somewhere or you can just put the old wires back on and see if it runs. My sister bought some plug wires and tuned her car up and it ended up running worse because the wires were garbage but I don't know if it would actually cause the car not to start but its worth checking.
get the multimeter, set it to VDC (volts direct current) then set it to the closest to 12 volts you can.. which i think is 20
then put the black on one side and red on the other.
I dont think the wires have much of an effect.. its the caps that do.. the wires just run the voltage. Its the connection you wanna be worried about.
then put the black on one side and red on the other.
I dont think the wires have much of an effect.. its the caps that do.. the wires just run the voltage. Its the connection you wanna be worried about.
its a 307 5.0
its a station wagon..........it aint playin at all.i be getn too many looks so i had to buy me a club this weekend.........
thanks for all the input,it was actually a wire connector that was not connected on the side of the distibutor cap.im assuming its the ignition......
i was under the hood sunday in the heat for about half an hour checkin erything out untill i noticed that.its a plastic fastener and mine is broken so it slips out real easy.thats probly what ur talkin bout Dirt E. I dont have the net where i stay so i couldnt see the posts but that woulda saved me alotta of time............
its a station wagon..........it aint playin at all.i be getn too many looks so i had to buy me a club this weekend.........
thanks for all the input,it was actually a wire connector that was not connected on the side of the distibutor cap.im assuming its the ignition......
i was under the hood sunday in the heat for about half an hour checkin erything out untill i noticed that.its a plastic fastener and mine is broken so it slips out real easy.thats probly what ur talkin bout Dirt E. I dont have the net where i stay so i couldnt see the posts but that woulda saved me alotta of time............