jonzer77
12-12-2003, 01:21 PM
:wtf: okay I am not sure what the problem with my car is........I was driving home and when I got to a stop as I started to go and make a turn my car died, it sputtered and then wouldnt start back up, it had done this a couple times before but not for months......I replaced the wires, plugs, cap, rotor, and both fuel filters, I did a test for spark and I am getting spark and fuel, I can see it shooting from the carb.......someone told me its the ignition control module so I got 3 of them from the junk yard and still nothing, same problem.......so I got out the chiltons manual and it says how to test for the igniter unit but this is where my problem is......the manual says
1. remove the distributor cap, rotor, shield. Remove the distributor hold down bolts and remove the distributor for access. LEave the the distributor wiring harness connected. (did that)
2. remove the ignitor unit from the distributor housing. (did that)
3. with the ignition switch on use a volmeter to check for the presence of voltage at the black/yellow wire terminal, then at the terminals for the blue 1 wire, battery voltage should be present in both. ( did that, I got 12 at both)
4. turn the ignition switch off. (did that)
5. measure the resistance between the BLU 2 and the adjacent green wire terminals. It should be approximately 750 ohms. (when I did that I got 580 ohms)
now im not sure what that means is bad because the ignition control module isnt even on there so does that mean the distributor went bad, there is red dust everywhere in the old distributor. steps 6, 7, and 8 show how to test the actual igniter itself but it doesnt apply to 89 models which is what I have so I dont know what that 580 ohms means to replace.......the book doesnt specify......if anyone knows could they respond back......ps sorry for the essay I just wrote.......:stupid:
1. remove the distributor cap, rotor, shield. Remove the distributor hold down bolts and remove the distributor for access. LEave the the distributor wiring harness connected. (did that)
2. remove the ignitor unit from the distributor housing. (did that)
3. with the ignition switch on use a volmeter to check for the presence of voltage at the black/yellow wire terminal, then at the terminals for the blue 1 wire, battery voltage should be present in both. ( did that, I got 12 at both)
4. turn the ignition switch off. (did that)
5. measure the resistance between the BLU 2 and the adjacent green wire terminals. It should be approximately 750 ohms. (when I did that I got 580 ohms)
now im not sure what that means is bad because the ignition control module isnt even on there so does that mean the distributor went bad, there is red dust everywhere in the old distributor. steps 6, 7, and 8 show how to test the actual igniter itself but it doesnt apply to 89 models which is what I have so I dont know what that 580 ohms means to replace.......the book doesnt specify......if anyone knows could they respond back......ps sorry for the essay I just wrote.......:stupid: