Walt and Greg, Many good things to check. I'll address some of these now, point by point: 1. I agree. Starters are tough, but it is 22/23 years old. It gets - hot- when I crank it. I didn't smell anything tho. 2. I have not yet pulled the injectors, but the plugs are wet. I should test the spray pattern though. 3. The cold start valve works. I left that line disconnected by accident and it sprayed everywhere. :) This is good because it didn't work and I just replaced the thermotime thingy to fix it. 4. I checked the idle regulator and the freq valve. They have power, the idle reg is brand new and they both work. 5. I have checked all the grounds you listed except the freq valve one. Didn't know about that. But it's buzzing away when I bypass the RPM relay. 6. Spark plugs. They're wet. I was very careful to get them in the proper order. I have checked, but will re-check to make sure the ends are not lost in the boots. Lastly, 7. Ballast resistor relay. This one is interesting. I had problems with this before. I will -definitely- check this one out right now. Rain be damned. Rich --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote: > There are a lot of things it could be since you took so much apart. I > haven't paid enough attention to starts to be able to say how many RPMs to > expect. The starters have a reputation for being very durable. > > Here are a few food for thought things to check: > > Pulling the fuel injectors and putting them in little jars or test tubes. > Jumper the RPM relay to run the pump and press the air metering plate and > see if they all spray evenly. > > Check to see that the cold start valve is working. > > Check the electrical connections to the warm-up regulator, idle speed motor > and frequency valve. > > Check the grounds. There is one on top of the intake manifold on the > drivers side toward the front. There is another for the frequency valve on > the passenger side toward the front (on the side of the manifold). There is > a ground strap going around the passenger side engine mount to the frame. > > Make sure that you have the plug wires on in the correct order. And make > sure that you have them plugged all the way on. The end of the wire can get > lost in the weather proof boot. When you have the boot in place on the plug > well, the wire may just be touching the top of the plug. > > Check that the relay that bypasses part of the resistor ballast is working > to give more voltage to the coil while cranking. > > outta time... > Walt Yahoo! Groups Sponsor <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=249982.3512844.4795476.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1524963/R=0/SIG=12o72ctft/*http://hits.411web.com/cgi-bin/autore dir?camp=556&lineid=3512844?=egroupweb&pos=HM> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=249982.3512844.4795476.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1524963/rand=514651016> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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