Re: I hate My Rocco right now

["Joe Doty" <rocco2nr@hotmail.com>]

not sure about your timing light/coil issues, but are you sure you put the 
distributor on the right set of holes when you reinstalled it?  I have done 
this twice and it ran like ass until I put it on the other set.  if you put 
it on the wrong set it will be way retarded, it will run, but poorly.

plus from a logical standpoint the distributor is the only thing that 
changed so therein is where the problem lies.

good luck and hth
Joe

>Ok My rocco leaves me stranded and I thought I knew the problem  but it
>seems I was wrong.
>
>The distirbutor was leaking oil and the hall sender was hanging by the 
>wires
>so I order a brand new bosch distirbutor form adirondack, install it and
>after messing with the timing it runs.  Runs like crap and not drivable but
>it will start.  So I check the coil wire and it was burned partly by the
>exahust so i get a new one and a brand new bosch coil. still runs like 
>crap.
>
>Hook the timing light up to it and the light will not flash.  It has an
>inductive pick up but when on the no 1 spark plug wire no flash.  I put the
>pick up on the coil wire just for fun and no flash.  Take the timing light
>back thinking it is bad but the new one does not flash either.  The spark
>plugs are new as well. Now after runign very rough it will n0ot start 
>again.
>
>well shit .... What should I look at now.
>
>Just for reference my car is an 86 16V and it was running very well about a
>week ago.  The engine has about 75,000 miles on it.


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