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s.herrod
| | Posted on Saturday, December 07, 2002 - 09:58 am: | 
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while riding down the road last night the 88 rrc just just went dead. was able to coast to safty. could smell a electrical burnt smell. engine would turn over but not start. could not see anything in the dark. vehical towed by AAA to mechanic. anyone have any guess as to what went wrong?
s.herrod |
Shane
| | Posted on Saturday, December 07, 2002 - 12:40 pm: |
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OK some guesses:
coil wire. I've had this happen. One of the small wires either fall off or one of the connectors break disconnecting the wire.
doesn't explain burning smell.
ignition switch.
that's all I got for now. |
Ade UK
| | Posted on Saturday, December 07, 2002 - 04:56 pm: |
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Have you got it wet lately? It could be water in a multiplug causing high resistance leading to overheating wires. Also check for any wires chafing on the engine.
Have you lost the spark?
Was the burning smell inside?
Do you still have ignition lights? |
Will Roeder (Will_Roeder)
| | Posted on Saturday, December 07, 2002 - 05:08 pm: |
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Steve(im guessing this is steve herrod),
that sounds like your coil again...didnt we jsut replace that at SAE about 3 months ago?
Will |
Steve (Scrover)
| | Posted on Saturday, December 07, 2002 - 10:43 pm: |
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Mine did the same thing. I beat on the coil and it started. New coil, all better. |
here try this
| | Posted on Saturday, December 07, 2002 - 11:33 pm: |
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same thing happened to our rover 92 county. quick diagnostic pull high tension lead off of distrubitor hold about half inch from engine block ( valve cover ) have assistant turn engine over. if you dont see a bright blue spark then a problem. the problem with ours was ignigition amplifier. its located on front of distributor. |
s.herrod
| | Posted on Sunday, December 08, 2002 - 10:02 am: |
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the vehicle has not gotten wet, had been driving it all day (5 miles earlier did stop to fill up with gas); all lights and accessories worked; engine will spin, not start; not sure if any spark or not (didnt check); the burning smell was mainly in the interior, really couldnt smell it outside under the hood; the coil (my first thought too)was replaced at SAE, but it wasnt hot like last time; this all happened at 11:00 pm |
Rob Davison (Pokerob)
| | Posted on Sunday, December 08, 2002 - 11:27 am: |
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is there an inertia type sensor or some kind of reset switch under the drivers seat that can go off? |
AdrianS
| | Posted on Sunday, December 08, 2002 - 11:29 am: |
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Same thing happened to my 91. Checked fuses and fuel pump was shorting out. There was a hole on the top of the resonator and the heat melted the wires above it. That also explained why my driver side driving lights were acting strange. Couldn't hurt to check!! Keep us posted.
Adrian
91 RRC |
Max Thomason (Lrmax)
| | Posted on Sunday, December 08, 2002 - 06:44 pm: |
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I saw one early RRC just die like you said. Apparently some of the wires that lead to the coil got fried. You might want to check those to see if they died.
I say this b/c if this is what happened to your truck, then it is an easy fix.
Good luck.
Max T. |
Geoff Wakefield (Geoff)
| | Posted on Sunday, December 08, 2002 - 08:32 pm: |
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Happened to me on my '93. The connector to the ignition amplifier (on the side of the distributor) was loose. Should have a wire retaining click, but mine had broken off at some point.
Cost me a tow, when all I had to do was push down on the dumb thing! |
s.herrod
| | Posted on Monday, December 09, 2002 - 06:47 pm: |
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and the winner is: will and steve.....it was the coil!!! why would a 3 month old coil go bad?
has anyone up graded their coil from stock? if so, what did you put in there.....is there an advantage to the upgrade or just more "neat looking stuff" under the hood? |
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