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Old 11-20-2010 | 09:58 PM
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I'm also not entirely sure how a fuel injected car floods the intake manifold like that when the injectors shoot directly into the cylinder head.
Old 11-20-2010 | 10:00 PM
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if the fuel pressure regulators bad it might suck fuel in ther by the vacuum line i think you just found the problem
Old 11-20-2010 | 10:10 PM
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if the fuel pressure regulators bad it might suck fuel in ther by the vacuum line i think you just found the problem
I don't know too much about the FPR. I could try swapping it for the one off my Laredo and see if that makes a difference, but it's been sitting longer than the one I'm currently working on, and had more miles on it.
Old 11-21-2010 | 09:53 AM
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Well, I felt the air coming out of the #1 spark plug hole, got it TDC, took the distributor cap off, and it's lined up with the #6 cylinder, so it's jumped ahead a whole cylinder!?!

This thing just became a pain in my ***.
Old 11-21-2010 | 10:11 AM
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move no 1 plug wire to that post on dist and then do the firing order from there
Old 11-21-2010 | 10:38 AM
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Well, upon closer inspection, the dizzy is not quite lined up with the #6 at TDC, it's slightly ahead, about 3/4 of the way between 1 and 6. That means that #1 still wouldn't ignite until after TDC, and if the dizzy is lined up with the wrong cylinder, wouldn't that mean the valve timing is too? Or is that controlled separately from the distributor? Like I said, I'm sure I got it on the right TDC because I could feel the air being pushed out of the spark plug hole.
Old 11-21-2010 | 10:42 AM
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Sorry again, it is the #5 cylinder that it's closer to, not the #6. #6 is completely opposite of the #1. But, either way, it's not lined up with #1.
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the pic he gave me is the same as this
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Old 11-21-2010 | 11:32 AM
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you not on compression stroke or you motor is 180 out
Old 11-21-2010 | 11:37 AM
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I was wrong about the cylinder, I was trying to go by wires that I had disconnected, and somehow I mixed the 5 and 6 wires up, it's only about 60 degrees ahead, not 180, it's almost on the #5 cylinder and NOT the #6 like I said earlier.
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try this make no one wire the seconnd post on dist after the screw that holds it down look at the two pic the second pic has the mounting screws in the right place
Old 11-21-2010 | 11:48 AM
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That's where my #1 wire is already.
Old 11-21-2010 | 12:04 PM
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on the second post past the screw the other firing order shows it one past see the difference in the screws on cap
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Old 11-21-2010 | 12:53 PM
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That's exactly where it is. Here is my firing order that I posted early in this thread:
It is right where it's supposed to be.
Old 11-21-2010 | 06:24 PM
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ok got pc running you stated plugs soaked with fuel but why still is in take all wet did you check vacuum line to regulator


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