Bill's story reminds me of a similar forgetfulness on my own part
(though not as bad as having to pull an engine again) -
When doing a tune-up once, I noticed the ground wire on the dist. looked
pretty worn and flimsy, so decided to replace it before it breaks on
it's own. It took a grand total of five minutes to do this. Then I
went on to finish with the points, condenser, cap, plugs, wires.....
Got everything back together and the car wouldn't start. I figured one
of the new parts must be defective so, using my handy-dandy Lucas
electrical fault diagnosis manual and my portable tester, I attempted to
track down the problem. I even bought another coil and another set of
wires, but everything pointed to the dist. as being the problem. I
decided to remove/rebuild it the next day. While studying my manual
that night to familiarize myself with the dist. components, I noticed a
picture showing that wire I had replaced, and immediately realized I had
reconnected it wrong. Went out the next morning, connected it
correctly, and she fired right up, after two days of being
incapacitated. The SO was so impressed that I was able to fix the
problem after studying the manual that night, and never even had to call
any MG buddies for help.... I never let on that the problem was that I
forgot where a wire went five minutes after I removed it. Got away with
that one.
Felt like an idiot but, fortunately, didn't look like one. Cool.
-NORY
Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you have found the
ONLY problem.
'74 Midget & '71 parts car
'94 Ford Ranger
'86 Ford Escort
'89 Ford Probe
'96 North American Shepherd
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