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Old 06-10-2002, 10:10 PM
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Thanks for the replies - I will check out the fuel filter, and check the tank vent. Since the car is a turn-key CR, can Don or DV tell me where to check that? I don't think that could be a problem since opening the throttle at the carb sent gas out of the shooters just fine, but I won't rule anything out.

Thanks, too Don, for the breaker pointer, although I don't think that's a root cause - the starter still turns the motor over, it just won't fire. However, the "sit for a few minutes and it starts again" behavior is consistent with that.

One thought that occurred to me this morning is that maybe I have a short in the wires between the module and the HyFire - when we put the car together, the friend whose garage I was using did a great job of soldering the green and red wires between the HyFire and the module harness, but they happen to be wrapped together at the moment - if they touched, would this cause a short in the spark signal? I guess I'll test that this weekend. I'd also like to test that pulling the coil wire kills the motor (just for my own "OK, that's really what happens" satisfaction) - am I risking a shock if I do that while the motor is running? Is there a way to be insulated?

Thanks again,

JLW

PS - since nobody replied to say "coil wires fail all the time", I'm going to guess that while I should replace it with a higher quality piece, the coil wire I've got isn't a problem.
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