I really appreciate you guys giving so much time to this. In all truth, I have the TDC issue figured out. I have put the engine there a hundred times now, it seems. I have pulled the #1 plug and looked at the piston, and adjusted the flywheel minutely to make sure it was absolutely at the top. I understand that the #1 plug is by the firewall, and that the engine is in backwards and turns counterclockwise as you face it from the front. I've got all that stuff licked.

Taking all that into account, the fact remains that the only way the car will run is with the wires on the cap in reverse order. It does not run *well* this way: it blackens the #2 & 3 plugs with carbon and has low power, but it does run, which it does not do with the wires on in the right order.

One thing that is perplexing to me is what you say, John, about the rotor being at the top a little toward the fender. That is not where it points. On this car (which is a 92 2.1 n/a) it points to the place Bentley suggests it will, which is about four o'clock as you face it from the front of the car. (The Haynes manual I have for my 84 turbo suggests that on that car #1 is at about 1 o'clock, so it must be different on different models.) I wish I knew what accounts for the difference. For good measure, I have twisted the distributor around so the #1 pole is at the top just toward the fender; the car will not start with it in that position with the wires on in the correct order.

I'm wondering if the problem is something else. Is there a way for the distributor itself to fail? I can't think what it would be. What else might account for this behavior?

Thanks again for all your help....

MDB

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• how clogged is clogged? (cat. conv.), mdbush, Fri, 25 Apr 2003 06:19:57
  • Manometer, Jon W, Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:02:16
  • Note that cyl. number 1 is at the back of the car, Bill Homer , Fri, 25 Apr 2003 10:57:11
  • Re: how clogged is clogged? (cat. conv.), JohnK, Fri, 25 Apr 2003 07:26:33
    • could the problem be elsewhere?, mdbush, Fri, 25 Apr 2003 14:27:45 <-- Viewing This Message
      • Do you see the little notch at distributor footing?, SWEDECAR , Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:21:08
      • Re: you're not at TDC, JohnK, Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:07:25
  • If you can see any light, it's most likely good. The, SWEDECAR , Fri, 25 Apr 2003 06:37:03

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