5ktq electrical issues update...

[Cody Forbes]

Sorry if I sounded a bit offensive in my earlier post. I was in a bad mood
earlier and when I just read over it I realised it could come off bad if
taken the wrong way.

I cut the splice out today, didn't have time to replace it, but I have it
sitting right here as a keepsake along with my other favorites (_most_ of a
piston that ran a 5.1 1/4 mile in a top fuel dragster, piston from my very
first blown engine on an old dirt bike, and a pile of slag that was the BOV
on my fire victim 5k). I hope to get to it tomorrow and let you guys know it
it helped. I'm so ready to be done with this problem and tackle the drivers
window that needs cables and the a/c compressor that doesn't want to engage.

-Cody Forbes
Black Forest Racing
2x '86 5ktq
'87 5ktq
'88 80 4cyl



----- Original Message -----
From: "Huw Powell" <audi at humanspeakers.com>
To: "Cody Forbes" <cody at craincorporated.com>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: 5ktq electrical issues update...


>
> > I replaced the cap, rotor, wires, and hall sending unit about a month
ago.
> > Cap, rotor, and hall unit were replaced with brand new units, wires were
> > known good used. Everything that is suggested here that I reply to with
a
> > "already checked" or "recently replaced" I have been double checking the
> > very next time I go to work on the car. I keep every last suggestion
written
> > on a notepad here and I've been checking things off as I go.
>
> cool, and glad you found that awful splice under the carpet.
>
> > Huw tell me how possibly could the engine run fine normally if the
firing
> > order is off? Unless the Mac-11 is somehow changing the firing order
when
> > theres an electrical load I am not seeing how this could be my issue.
>
> I would venture to say that your car does not "run fine normally."  It
> stalls when the radiator fan comes on or if you turn on the headlights.
>
> Anyway, it's easy to check that the spark plug wires are hooked up
> right, so it is a harmless, but good, suggestion to check them.
>
> --
> Huw Powell
>
> http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi
>
> http://www.humanthoughts.org/
>
>
>