Michael,
Good news. ANOTHER owner driven crazy by the dreaded DPO!
I suggest you ask someone with a 6 cyl car if they have a spare breaker
wheel. I know that my Crane X700 ignition came with a 4, 6, and 8 slotted
wheel.
Or, if you want to buy a new one, you could try contacting Crane...
Atwell Haines
At 09:22 AM 5/24/99 -0400, Michael Graziano wrote:
>
>I finally have a starting place on my problem. It looks like it was
>ignition all along.
>
>THanks to all who pointed out the webpage of the ignition manufacturer, BTW.
>
>
>The ignition my car has in it is a Lumenition ignition. It works by
>installing a chopper (looks like a helicopter blade) under the rotor in the
>distributor. A small light sensor shoots a light beam between two sensors,
>and when the beam is broken by the chopper blade, it sends a spark.
>
>I of course learned this from reading the website. But the picture of the 4
>blade chopper didn't remind me of my chopper. Sure enough, the car has a 6
>cylinder chopper (6 blades). That's why I suddenly started having problems
>the moment I touched my timing. THe PO's mechanic must have timed it in
>such a way that the double firing on the 2 and 4 cylinders _just_ made it
>before backfiring.
>
>Essentially, I've been running on the 1 and 3 cylinders since I bought the
>car. Now I either need a new ignition, or I have to fix the one I have.
>I'm just worried that the existing ignition is toast from running
>incorrectly for so long.
>
>And this explains why all the other things I've done haven't helped.
>
>I'll keep you all posted.
>
>Michael
>
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