Re: HELP - '84 5kS won't start after distributor work...

["G. Benedikt Rochow" <rochow@segsrv.hlo.dec.com>]

On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Cobram . wrote:

> Hi Benedikt:
> 
> See if  you have spark first.  The rotor, is it a Bosch  
> OEM style you replaced it with, did you compare the 2 to see if
> they were the same?  Are you getting power to the coil and 
> spark out of the coil?  

If I'm not getting spark out of the coil, would that indicate
a Hall sender problem?

> 
> Did you replace the black isolator plastic disk that goes in the
> distributor?  Check to see if the distributor is seated all the 
> way down.  

That part is surprisingly difficult. Can mis-alignment
tear up the cap?


-gbr