[Roadsters] KA24E missing?

[Mark Sedlack]

Does the ECU use a socketed chip?  If so, check that its solidly seated and 
didn't get shaken loose.  Same for the connectors at the ECU.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul" <9laser3 at bright.net>
To: "'datsun-roadsters'" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:52 AM
Subject: [Roadsters] KA24E missing?


>  Last ice cream run, I hit a lousy patch of gravel road on a detour and
> shook the heck out of my roadster.  Right after that, the KA started 
> missing
> at anything over easy acceleration and over 2800 rpms.  I checked the 
> wires
> to all the sensors and everything seems okay.
>
>  Today I changed the fuel filter thinking that a 40+ year old gas tank
> probably had some crud shake loose, but the filter was clean.  And while 
> it
> was in the garage, I flushed out the cooling system.  Took it for a brief
> ride, and it is still missing.
>
>  I pulled the plugs as soon as I got it back in the garage.  Oddly, 1 and 
> 3
> look perfect while 2 & 4 are clean, dry, but the top half of the insulator
> is black while the tip is a nice clean ash color.
>
>
>
>  Any thoughts what I should look for?  (Besides a R16 to put back in it!)
>
>
>
> Paul
>
> Ohio
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