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#2 cylinder not firing
boy, am I perplexed.
seems there's miss. I pulled spark plug wires out of the dist. cap , one at a time at idle. of course each wire pulled produced a noticeable bigger miss until I got to #2. I replaced the distributor cap , the plug, wire and checked the compression. WTF could it be? |
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#2 cylinder not firing
On Nov 26, 12:24*pm, A VFW > wrote:
> boy, am I perplexed. > seems there's miss. I pulled spark plug wires out of the dist. cap , one > at a time at idle. > of course each wire pulled produced a noticeable bigger miss until I got > to #2. I replaced the distributor cap , the plug, wire and checked the > compression. > WTF could it be? Did you remove the valve cover and confirm that both valves open and close normally on #2? Chris |
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A VFW wrote:
> boy, am I perplexed. > seems there's miss. I pulled spark plug wires out of the dist. cap , one > at a time at idle. > of course each wire pulled produced a noticeable bigger miss until I got > to #2. I replaced the distributor cap , the plug, wire and checked the > compression. > WTF could it be? Compression really *is* good? Possible vacuum leak, at manifold-to-head gasket for one. Speedy Jim http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/ |
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#2 cylinder not firing
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>, " > wrote: > On Nov 26, 12:24*pm, A VFW > wrote: > > boy, am I perplexed. > > seems there's miss. I pulled spark plug wires out of the dist. cap , one > > at a time at idle. > > of course each wire pulled produced a noticeable bigger miss until I got > > to #2. I replaced the distributor cap , the plug, wire and checked the > > compression. > > WTF could it be? > > Did you remove the valve cover and confirm that both valves open and > close normally on #2? > > Chris well, I did check the compression , it's 150 in #2. and I did check the lash on all cylinders. The weird part is I located the miss by looking for the spark to jump into the cap on each cylinder and #2 had no spark jump when I held the wire close to the socket. all other cylinders had the spark jump just fine. thanks for the suggestions. |
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#2 cylinder not firing
A VFW wrote:
> In article > >, > " > wrote: > >> On Nov 26, 12:24 pm, A VFW > wrote: >>> boy, am I perplexed. >>> seems there's miss. I pulled spark plug wires out of the dist. cap , one >>> at a time at idle. >>> of course each wire pulled produced a noticeable bigger miss until I got >>> to #2. I replaced the distributor cap , the plug, wire and checked the >>> compression. >>> WTF could it be? >> Did you remove the valve cover and confirm that both valves open and >> close normally on #2? >> >> Chris > > well, I did check the compression , it's 150 in #2. > and I did check the lash on all cylinders. > The weird part is I located the miss by looking for the spark to jump > into the cap on each cylinder and #2 had no spark jump when I held the > wire close to the socket. all other cylinders had the spark jump just > fine. > thanks for the suggestions. "and #2 had no spark jump" Ah. That is a horse of a different color. Curious. And you replaced the cap and the wire(s). Is it remotely possible that the Coil is not producing any spark when the distrib cam lobe for #2 gets in position to open the points? If this is a vac distrib, also have a look at the tiny braided pigtail connected to the advance plate. If broken, that can interrupt spark (though why only #2 is a mystery).; Jim |
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#2 cylinder not firing
I have once seen a dead cylinder spark with an electronic ignition kit
installed in the distributor! So I will ask if you have points or is the distributor now equipped with electronic ign? I usually sand the area where the condenser grounds to make sure that does not cause problems. I have seen a tachometer cause problems too! I will assume that you do not have fuel injection on this engine! AND why don't people give more pertinent information when posting a question? What year? Which model? What size? Stock or non-stock? If non-stock what mods? "Speedy Jim" > wrote in message ... >A VFW wrote: >> In article >> >, >> " > wrote: >> >>> On Nov 26, 12:24 pm, A VFW > wrote: >>>> boy, am I perplexed. >>>> seems there's miss. I pulled spark plug wires out of the dist. cap , >>>> one >>>> at a time at idle. >>>> of course each wire pulled produced a noticeable bigger miss until I >>>> got >>>> to #2. I replaced the distributor cap , the plug, wire and checked the >>>> compression. >>>> WTF could it be? >>> Did you remove the valve cover and confirm that both valves open and >>> close normally on #2? >>> >>> Chris >> >> well, I did check the compression , it's 150 in #2. >> and I did check the lash on all cylinders. >> The weird part is I located the miss by looking for the spark to jump >> into the cap on each cylinder and #2 had no spark jump when I held the >> wire close to the socket. all other cylinders had the spark jump just >> fine. >> thanks for the suggestions. > > > "and #2 had no spark jump" > Ah. > > That is a horse of a different color. > > Curious. And you replaced the cap and the wire(s). > > Is it remotely possible that the Coil is not producing > any spark when the distrib cam lobe for #2 gets in position > to open the points? > > If this is a vac distrib, also have a look at the tiny > braided pigtail connected to the advance plate. If broken, > that can interrupt spark (though why only #2 is a mystery).; > > > Jim |
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#2 cylinder not firing
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Speedy Jim > wrote: > A VFW wrote: > > In article > > >, > > " > wrote: > > > >> On Nov 26, 12:24 pm, A VFW > wrote: > >>> boy, am I perplexed. > >>> seems there's miss. I pulled spark plug wires out of the dist. cap , one > >>> at a time at idle. > >>> of course each wire pulled produced a noticeable bigger miss until I got > >>> to #2. I replaced the distributor cap , the plug, wire and checked the > >>> compression. > >>> WTF could it be? > >> Did you remove the valve cover and confirm that both valves open and > >> close normally on #2? > >> > >> Chris > > > > well, I did check the compression , it's 150 in #2. > > and I did check the lash on all cylinders. > > The weird part is I located the miss by looking for the spark to jump > > into the cap on each cylinder and #2 had no spark jump when I held the > > wire close to the socket. all other cylinders had the spark jump just > > fine. > > thanks for the suggestions. > > > "and #2 had no spark jump" > Ah. > > That is a horse of a different color. > > Curious. And you replaced the cap and the wire(s). > > Is it remotely possible that the Coil is not producing > any spark when the distrib cam lobe for #2 gets in position > to open the points? > > If this is a vac distrib, also have a look at the tiny > braided pigtail connected to the advance plate. If broken, > that can interrupt spark (though why only #2 is a mystery).; > > > Jim Well, Mystery solved! after replacing just about all of the above, I thought why just one cylinder not getting the juice. why , the distributor wasn't doing it's job. So, I grabbed one off an engine that was running fine. and Voila! so, I just assumed, even tho. the cam in the old 009 "looked" OK, it must be worn down on #2. I may even extract the "shaft" to measure it. No, it doesn't seem to wobble. thanks , again for your suggestions. Boy, when these cars get old , they sure try some "interesting'" tricks. Who's the turkey? g. |
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#2 cylinder not firing
strange but thanks for providing us with the solution to the problem! ;-)
"A VFW" > wrote in message news:georgespamk- > > Well, Mystery solved! > after replacing just about all of the above, I thought why just one > cylinder not getting the juice. why , the distributor wasn't doing it's > job. So, I grabbed one off an engine that was running fine. and Voila! > so, I just assumed, even tho. the cam in the old 009 "looked" OK, it > must be worn down on #2. > I may even extract the "shaft" to measure it. No, it doesn't seem to > wobble. > thanks , again for your suggestions. Boy, when these cars get old , they > sure try some "interesting'" tricks. Who's the turkey? > g. |
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