Revmeter again.

[dthebuk]

oh bad times, i don\'t have a CAS.

daaam is that your fc? more pics please, i like that alot!

edit: thats not an fc is it?

[Archbish]

Thanks dude - it\'s an FB.  

You don\'t have a CAS?  OK - I\'m lost, I thought pretty much all rotaries had one of these in.  How does it know the position of the engine?  (I\'ll scorn anyone that says "it\'s under the bonnet...")

[Archbish]

oh, OK...

"Starting in 1986, a crank angle sensor replaced the distributor. The crank angle sensor looks like a distributor, but instead of a cap with wires at the top, it has a removable inspection plate. Because of the crank angle sensor and loss of the distributor cap and rotor, these ignition systems are known as distributorless. "

At least that rules out a dodgy CAS then... *grin*

[pdtaylor18]

And i also sent him the electrics out of the distributor so that should well and truely sort that out if it was.
The pump is told to run by the main relay and via the AFM so make sure thats working. A dodgy AFM is the cause of many a problem and often overlooked. The only true way is to get a multimeter and check the resistance and volts across the pins.

[dthebuk]

ok up date. Checked the fuel pump. Thats fine. Turns out the problem is trailing (these are higher up on the block) spark plugs are not sparking. The feed that goes into the distributor for the trailing plugs is not sparking. The coil is running the correct resistance to. This would explain why the engine would run on easy start. The rev meter is also not moving at all when cranking.

So we think the problem is somewhere between the coils and the distributor as one of the pick ups is getting nothing. Just making a wire so we can swap the pick ups to see if its the pick up thats the problem.

This is beginning to look promising, no chance any one has any circuit diagrams for my car is there? Trust mine to be different

Also just about to use the pick ups you sent me pete, ive only just now discovered what they are


cheers guys

[pdtaylor18]

Interesting as i think prof said the rev counter bit comes off the trailing coils?
Also those pickups were mentioned wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy  back in your thread. Hope it is one of those as thats an easy fix.

[dthebuk]

Interesting as i think prof said the rev counter bit comes off the trailing coils?
Also those pickups were mentioned wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy  back in your thread. Hope it is one of those as thats an easy fix.

well it was those pick ups. THE CAR NOW WORKS :D:D:D:D

I think the problem was that only one was checked, meaning the broken one wasn\'t touched at all. Also the AA man was adamant that the problem was fuel, so i gave up with looking at the electric side of things. It did run on easy start, but i guess it probably didnt need all the spark plugs going for that.


anyway! words cannot describe how happy i am cheers for all your help guys. And thanks to pete for sending me the right parts. I\'d quite like to keep the fuel pump pete, don\'t mind paying you for it. I think i was actually going to buy it off you a while back. So tell us how much you want and ill pay pal it. Don\'t mind giving a bit of money for the rest of things either :Thumbs-up



guess i\'ll be going to brooklands

[pdtaylor18]

That is fantastic news mate and good job i had a dizzie spare as those alone are hard to get hold off, How about if £25 sounds ok as it did cost about £6 to send the box of tricks and the pump is a good TII one. All the other bits you can have on me. Paypal will be just fine.
To be honest i am just glad you got it sorted,easy thing in the end but wow does it cause some grief.

[TiddlesRX7]

Nice one fella. Glad your all sorted. Now for some sideways action!

[dthebuk]

Nice one fella. Glad your all sorted. Now for some sideways action!

haha this ones not suposed to go sideways!!! though admittedly it just did...quite a bit



pete i shall send you the monies :wave

[TiddlesRX7]

I thought there all ment to go sideways! or is that just me?

[dthebuk]

dunno where you got that crazy idea from ?!??  :Hammer