Gearbox rebuilt, reinstalled- now car wont start

**jimmeh** · 06-01-2005 08:49 AM

hey ben- i didnt bother read everyones posts so forgive me if this has been said.

u said there is spark coming from the dizzy. sometimes the spark isnt big/hot enough to ignite the fuel, just cos u see spark doesnt mean the car will start. so u might wana check the leads and the coil. only thing is once u use them you cant return them to the store.

**Breeze** · 06-01-2005 02:12 PM

Are you sure you have spark?

Pull a plug wire, jam in an old plug and clamp it to the frame where you can see it while turning over the car, should be nice fat spark. You should be OK as you say the dizzy runs another car. If not OK there could be two probs, 1 ignitor stuffed, 2 coil stuffed, unlikely to be either if it was working fine before. It usually comes back to the obvious. Connections or earth leads, The plastic bit you had in your pic is one of the inserts that holds a two pin connector together. If you disconnect a fitting and then look in either side you will see the insert which aligns the pins and ensures the wires are not pulled out any. Probably from one of the solenoids (ie reverse), but worth unplugging each fitting you had to break to pull the box and making sure they all have those bits. The others look like the cv/axle seals.

Then check earth leads-
Make sure you put the earth strap back on the gearbox as this is the main earth. YOu can fry smaller earths by not having this strap on especially when turning the car over with major current draw. I doubt you will have pulled off the engine earth (chassis to top of rocker cover) but make sure that is there as well.

**karbonphyber** · 06-01-2005 02:32 PM

okay okay to the person who needs help.

there is nothing wrong with your engine.

you just need to return your pistons 1 to Top Dead Centre.

remove your spark plug to check.

it's all about timing like they say.

don't touch anything else but do this TDC thing first. your car will start. if i'm not wrong. lol

cheers

**tinkerbell** · 06-01-2005 02:37 PM

yeah, i fixed it today

it was a combo of a few little things that required substitution to start the car.

i looked for spark with the plug on the lead and earth touching the head, it was non-existant.

swaped on the spare dizzy (lucky!) and tried again - spark was there!

the plug order was the 2nd thing to sort, i thought they went one way (b series) but they went one position around (clockwise) from that... (so ben claimed to be 90% sure about)

the plugs were wet as, so we pulled em out, disabled the fuel pump and disconnected the coil and cycled it on the starter for about 15 secs to dry the cylinders out a bit,

then we put my iridiums in, then it coughed a bit so we were on the right track,

then we swapped my battery in and cranked it (much harder), it coughed better but wouldn't catch,

then we tried to start it with the throttle cracked a bit:

cough, cough, blert, blert blub blub blubbbb bllrrrrr, brooom broom!!!

we musta put a new hole in the ozone layer with the raw fuel that came out.

and ben just went for a drive, and the gearbox was good too!

thanks for the input guys!

**karbonphyber** · 06-01-2005 02:43 PM

hhaah beautiful!!!!!! good to have you back on the roads mate

**Weq** · 06-01-2005 05:15 PM

hmm dizzy and spark plug order.. i was thinking spark plug order but didnt know he had taken them off... good work fellas, i can imagine there being a good deal of smoke :P