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post Aug 26, 2008 - 12:04 AM
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So I lend my jeep to a friend for a few weeks and go to drive the celica and find it running rough. After a bit of investigation Ive found the im getting a very small amount of spark from wire #4. So I did the usual swap plugs, new wires, new cap, new rotor...... Nothing, still a weak spark. So weak infact that its not even igniting fuel. Im not excited about the possibility of a pinched wire somewhere in the harness and im even less excited about the idea that I may have to hunt it down. So before I start pulling things apart let me go over what I know it isnt and hopefully someone will see light where I cannot.

out of the 3 mains (fuel,spark and air) Ive already figured out its the spark.

Its only happening on the #4 wire

Its not the plug, wire, distro cap, rotor as I have replaced them all.

I AM getting spark but its very weak and at times not there at all.

The old cap had burn/spark marks on the pins accept for the #4 one where it looked almost new.

I cant see any pinched wires but that doesnt mean something has worked itself loose some where out of view.

An option I have is running a MSD 6a ignition (if that would bypass my problem), Ive had one sitting on a shelf for almost 5 years and I have yet to install it. The only problem is I dont know how/which diagram to use for the install.

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This post has been edited by 1bwilson: Aug 29, 2008 - 7:04 PM


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- 1bwilson   Ignition question   Aug 26, 2008 - 12:04 AM
- - presure2   check out the coil, bryan, and the wiring going to...   Aug 26, 2008 - 7:55 AM
- - DEATH   Wouldn't this indicate a problem within the di...   Aug 26, 2008 - 8:50 AM
- - 1bwilson   This is where I fall short on working on cars, Ive...   Aug 26, 2008 - 12:07 PM
- - x_itchy_b_x   coil would mean bad spark on all of them. i would...   Aug 26, 2008 - 12:35 PM
- - DEATH   Essentially that's what I was trying to say - ...   Aug 26, 2008 - 12:40 PM
- - 1bwilson   I hope its the distro and not the wiring... man I ...   Aug 26, 2008 - 1:35 PM
- - DEATH   Just like it doesn't make sense it's the c...   Aug 26, 2008 - 1:53 PM
- - 1bwilson   I have the stock 95 distro that came with the car....   Aug 26, 2008 - 2:30 PM
- - DEATH   I got what I needed from your engine pic in your p...   Aug 26, 2008 - 2:33 PM
- - 1bwilson   Eww you looked at those old arse pictures? Theres ...   Aug 26, 2008 - 4:22 PM
- - 1bwilson   New distributer..... nadda.... sigh. Going to pu...   Aug 28, 2008 - 5:49 PM
- - x_itchy_b_x   time to go Coil on plug! direct fire ignition...   Aug 28, 2008 - 7:38 PM
- - lagos   how did you figure out that your spark was weak?   Aug 28, 2008 - 7:44 PM
|- - 1bwilson   QUOTE (lagos @ Aug 28, 2008 - 6:44 P...   Aug 28, 2008 - 7:52 PM
- - 1bwilson   Thinking outside the box for a mement, say the spa...   Aug 28, 2008 - 7:46 PM
- - Bitter   do a compression test.   Aug 28, 2008 - 10:06 PM
- - 1bwilson   Thats something I'll do, I hope there isnt any...   Aug 29, 2008 - 12:00 AM
- - Dr_Tweak   Got your PM. Since you've replaced all of the...   Aug 29, 2008 - 9:18 AM
- - Hanyo   how would a compression test related to a bad spar...   Aug 29, 2008 - 12:43 PM
|- - 1bwilson   QUOTE (Hanyo @ Aug 29, 2008 - 10:43 ...   Aug 29, 2008 - 5:45 PM
- - 1bwilson   1 - 175 2 - 180 3 - 175 4 - 175 This is after a 5...   Aug 29, 2008 - 6:51 PM
- - Bitter   did you make a typo? 175 is fine for #4, its withi...   Aug 29, 2008 - 8:24 PM
- - 1bwilson   No 175 wasnt a typo. I believe it read 175 cause I...   Aug 29, 2008 - 10:28 PM
- - Bitter   just to refresh us, what all have you done up to t...   Aug 30, 2008 - 8:59 AM
- - 1bwilson   Plugs Wires Cap Rotor Distributer Looked at wiring...   Aug 30, 2008 - 12:42 PM
- - 1bwilson   Ok, swapping the injectors I found that the head s...   Aug 31, 2008 - 10:05 AM


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