jimblob

i stumped dist has no additional wires to show no sighns of a pick up in
dist.and part store also said no pick up coil.tell me whats up.can there
be one .wouldn"t there be wires from distrb body?help school me please!

Backyard Mechanic

"jimblob" <aprilf@hotmail.com> wrote:

> i stumped dist has no additional wires to show no sighns of a pick up in
> dist.and part store also said no pick up coil.tell me whats up.can there
> be one .wouldn"t there be wires from distrb body?help school me please!

That's freaking WEIRD.

What engine is that?

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Backyard Mechanic

Is the ignition module attached to ANYWHERE on the engine?


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jimblob

on canadian models there is a pick up coil .mine is a us model .there is no
crank sensor but i think i found a cam sensor on side of timing cover. what
you think .am i getting on right track?

Rick

"jimblob" <aprilf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> i stumped dist has no additional wires to show no sighns of a pick
up in
> dist.and part store also said no pick up coil.tell me whats up.can
there
> be one .wouldn"t there be wires from distrb body?help school me
please!
>
That's a Duraspark III, EEC II,III system. As you found out, there
isn't a pickup coil. It uses a crankshaft position sensor instead of
the usual pickup

Tom Adkins

Backyard Mechanic wrote:
> "jimblob" <aprilf@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>i stumped dist has no additional wires to show no sighns of a pick up in
>>dist.and part store also said no pick up coil.tell me whats up.can there
>>be one .wouldn"t there be wires from distrb body?help school me please!
>
>
> That's freaking WEIRD.
>
> What engine is that?
>

He's right Backyard. The distributor is empty and IIRC, not adjustable for base
timing. I think that was an early EEC-III system, it used a crankshaft position sensor
instead of a distributor pickup. One variation, probably California emissions, used a
really odd 3 contact rotor. The system was also Dura Spark instead of TFI. They were
only around for a couple of years so I don't remember much about them. jimblobs
problem is very likely the module but there were a couple of other common bugaboos on
these cars that I don't recall off the top of my head.

Tom Adkins

Backyard Mechanic wrote:
> Is the ignition module attached to ANYWHERE on the engine?
>
>
Nope. Dura Spark module on the fenderwell.

Backyard Mechanic

"jimblob" <aprilf@hotmail.com> wrote:

> on canadian models there is a pick up coil .mine is a us model .there
> is no crank sensor but i think i found a cam sensor on side of timing
> cover. what you think .am i getting on right track?
>

Yep... considering what the others said, I would think so... and suspect
the crank sensor

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