[urq] 84 urq cranking not catching

Ingo Rautenberg irautenberg at comcast.net
Wed Feb 2 21:43:37 EST 2005


Todd, do you hear the fuel pump at all?  I'm guessing not ('cause she ain't
starting anyways). Maybe jumper it temporarily.  You say you have spark to
the distributor, but (more important) what about from the distributor to the
plugs?  Double-check the fuel pump leads for good contact while you're at
it.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "todd ward" <ltw0808 at yahoo.com>
To: "Ingo Rautenberg" <i.rautenberg at waratap.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] 84 urq cranking not catching


> Ingo, I've got her turning over and have spark at from
> the coil to the distributor. But the engine is not
> catching, it just cranks and cranks. So if I'm getting
> spark at the distributor and have new wires and plugs
> maybe its a fuel problem? Weren't you having the same
> sort of problem a few weeks back? Todd
> --- Ingo Rautenberg <irautenberg at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Alright, you do know that the "window of spark"
> > opportunity is very narrow,
> > right?  Have you  adjusted for any slop of the
> > distributor?  I'm guessing
> > this is a no spark condition again?
> >
> > Ingo
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "todd ward" <ltw0808 at yahoo.com>
> > To: <urq at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 8:31 PM
> > Subject: [urq] 84 urq cranking not catching
> >
> >
> > > Allright I've got her cranking but she's still not
> > > catching back to the original problem. I had
> > crossed
> > > the wires at the starter {contain your laughter oh
> > > hell, let er rip}. Going to recheck a few things
> > > tonite. Any ideas welcome. Cranking but not
> > catching.
> > > Thanks Todd
> > >
> > >
> > >
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