car still wont start ... whats wrong?!

[brianm at earendel.org (Brian McGarvey)]

Carlos,
Check the hall sender plug. The three pronged plug that plugs into the 
distributor. If that plug is loose or has a broken wire the car will not 
start.
Brian


On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Carlos Alves wrote:

> Ok all,
> 
> I spent a good 3 hours yesterday at night trying to fix this damn 
> problem, and im gonna take another shot at it at around 1 in the 
> daylight. Here is what happened.
> 
> Just a simple cap and rotor change, the timing belt WAS left on to the 
> car. Changed the old rotor wit hthe new Bosch one, put the cap on, and 
> put the plugs on and tried to start the car, but it didn't fire. I then 
> tried removing the new rotor but the damn thing was stuck to the shaft, 
> and when I tried removing it with force, it snapped in two, so I put 
> the old rotor back on.  The rotor is currently pointing DOWN. Now, I 
> put the cap back on, and reconnected the plugs in 1 3 42 CCW firing 
> order, assuming that the first plug was in the 2 o clock position, and 
> the car didnt fire. I moved around the number one plug 4 times, in 
> every other possible position, and every single time, the car would not 
> start, it just kept on cranking. When I would get back to the engien 
> bay, it smelled like gas. I disconnected the center ignition coil on 
> the distributor cap and ran a spark test, and there was a spark coming 
> from the coil. I Then put it back on, tried starting it, only to no 
> avail. However, oddly enough, when the plugs were in a certain 
> position, the car would backfire while trying to start... what does 
> that mean?!
> 
> I have no idea what to do from here. My car was correctly timed (to my 
> knowleadge, it wa running smoothly) so I should not need to worry about 
> aligning the camshaft with TDC, right? Perhaps I accidentally unplugged 
> a crucial connection while trying to remove and swap the cap and rotor? 
> I have no idea. Any help would be greatly appreciated ... I am starting 
> to get extremley frustrated. REplacing the cap and rotor shouldn't be a 
> 3 hour job. 
> 
> 
> 
> Faster than a speeding pinto...... 
> Coches
> 
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