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nismo_drifter · 02-27-2009, 03:00 PM

okay so i have tried everything...well at least ive tried everything i know...okay so the car is getting fuel and spark but not starting up...i pulled the fuel rail off with injectors still in it and cranked it, fuel is coming...i stuck spark plugs in the wires and its sparking, so spark is coming...

i have spent all day trying to adjust the timing on the distirbutor and it is not starting, it stumbles like its going to start but wont start...other then that it just cranks...is there a speacial way of doing this???i did it according to the fsm, and a write up here in the tech pages....
can some one give some tips on how to do it right or tricks i got to do to get it right...this has been going on for 3 days now and i cant get it done...i need your help...

Lr308 · 02-27-2009, 03:13 PM

had the same problem put #1 cylinder at top dead center then align the dots/mark on the distributor, then nothing. It was getting fuel and spark that tested fine from the manual. Finally got frustrated and then spun the distributor in any direction bolted it back in then on the third try finally came alive.

nismo_drifter · 02-27-2009, 03:28 PM

hmmmm...tried that already too... many times but didnt work for me...

nismo tuned s14 · 02-28-2009, 06:53 AM

I had to take my valve cover off and set it at TDC by the dots on the cam gears because setting it at TDC by the pulley just wasn't working.

nismo_drifter · 03-01-2009, 01:44 AM

yeah i was thinking of trying that...just to make sure top dead center on the cam gears are intake 10:00 and exh. is 2:00 right...then just put the distributor in like it is suppose to be right...

mxexux · 03-01-2009, 02:09 AM

What kind of work have you done to the motor that might have caused this?

illvialuver · 03-01-2009, 02:14 AM

i have them same problem but my spark is weak im pretty sure i need a new dizzy. good luck.

nismo_drifter · 03-01-2009, 01:07 PM

nothing has been done to the motor...if was running fine in a friends car and then he pulled it out for a swap and i took it to replace my blown
ka-t, but i swap the distributor because he needed it back and my was new still...

nismo_drifter · 03-03-2009, 08:46 PM

hmmm...no ideas???

mxexux · 03-05-2009, 01:06 AM

Make sure that when you set the motor at TDC that it is on the compression stroke. I have heard that a lot of people make the mistake of setting it at TDC on the exhaust stoke resulting in similar symptoms as you are having.

nismo_drifter · 03-05-2009, 12:38 PM

wait so i do i know whick stroke it which???

*DALAZ_68* · 03-05-2009, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nismo tuned s14

I had to take my valve cover off and set it at TDC by the dots on the cam gears because setting it at TDC by the pulley just wasn't working.

Quote:

Originally Posted by nismo_drifter

yeah i was thinking of trying that...just to make sure top dead center on the cam gears are intake 10:00 and exh. is 2:00 right...then just put the distributor in like it is suppose to be right...

you realize all u have to do is remove sparkplug from cylinder 1 slowly drop a screwdriver down the hole slowly, and turn the crank watching the screwdriver til its at its highest point, whihc is TDC, reinstall plug and wire...then set ur distributer per the tech pages... then crank the bitch, but make sure u give it enough time to get fuel...

mxexux · 03-13-2009, 04:23 AM

^^This is how people mistake the TDC on exhaust stoke with the TDC on intake stoke. Nismo Drifter your going to have to take the valve cover off and watch the intake valve as you turn the crank. TDC on intake stoke as you would probably guess is is when the piston reaches the top right after intake valve closes.

aznpoopy · 03-13-2009, 08:24 AM

just do this to make sure you're at TDC.

Quote:

Originally Posted by projectRDM

You can also pull the oil filler cap and check the cam lobes, TDC on the correct stroke will have both lobes on the #1 cylinder pointing outward, to the sides.

02-27-2009, 03:13 PM	#2
Lr308 Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 84 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	had the same problem put #1 cylinder at top dead center then align the dots/mark on the distributor, then nothing. It was getting fuel and spark that tested fine from the manual. Finally got frustrated and then spun the distributor in any direction bolted it back in then on the third try finally came alive. __________________

02-27-2009, 03:00 PM	#1
nismo_drifter Zilvia Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: socal Posts: 710 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	95 ka24de distributor timing....HELP okay so i have tried everything...well at least ive tried everything i know...okay so the car is getting fuel and spark but not starting up...i pulled the fuel rail off with injectors still in it and cranked it, fuel is coming...i stuck spark plugs in the wires and its sparking, so spark is coming... i have spent all day trying to adjust the timing on the distirbutor and it is not starting, it stumbles like its going to start but wont start...other then that it just cranks...is there a speacial way of doing this???i did it according to the fsm, and a write up here in the tech pages.... can some one give some tips on how to do it right or tricks i got to do to get it right...this has been going on for 3 days now and i cant get it done...i need your help...

02-27-2009, 03:28 PM	#3
nismo_drifter Zilvia Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: socal Posts: 710 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	hmmmm...tried that already too... many times but didnt work for me...

02-28-2009, 06:53 AM	#4
nismo tuned s14 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Nashville Age: 37 Posts: 425 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	I had to take my valve cover off and set it at TDC by the dots on the cam gears because setting it at TDC by the pulley just wasn't working.

03-01-2009, 01:44 AM	#5
nismo_drifter Zilvia Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: socal Posts: 710 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	yeah i was thinking of trying that...just to make sure top dead center on the cam gears are intake 10:00 and exh. is 2:00 right...then just put the distributor in like it is suppose to be right...

03-01-2009, 02:09 AM	#6
mxexux Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: SoCal 949 Posts: 363 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	What kind of work have you done to the motor that might have caused this?

03-01-2009, 02:14 AM	#7
illvialuver Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: M-A-R-S... MARS BITCHES Age: 41 Posts: 5,065 Trader Rating: (35) Feedback Score: 35 reviews	i have them same problem but my spark is weak im pretty sure i need a new dizzy. good luck.

03-01-2009, 01:07 PM	#8
nismo_drifter Zilvia Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: socal Posts: 710 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	nothing has been done to the motor...if was running fine in a friends car and then he pulled it out for a swap and i took it to replace my blown ka-t, but i swap the distributor because he needed it back and my was new still...

03-03-2009, 08:46 PM	#9
nismo_drifter Zilvia Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: socal Posts: 710 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	hmmm...no ideas???

03-05-2009, 01:06 AM	#10
mxexux Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: SoCal 949 Posts: 363 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	Make sure that when you set the motor at TDC that it is on the compression stroke. I have heard that a lot of people make the mistake of setting it at TDC on the exhaust stoke resulting in similar symptoms as you are having.

03-05-2009, 12:38 PM	#11
nismo_drifter Zilvia Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: socal Posts: 710 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	wait so i do i know whick stroke it which???

03-13-2009, 04:23 AM	#13
mxexux Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: SoCal 949 Posts: 363 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	^^This is how people mistake the TDC on exhaust stoke with the TDC on intake stoke. Nismo Drifter your going to have to take the valve cover off and watch the intake valve as you turn the crank. TDC on intake stoke as you would probably guess is is when the piston reaches the top right after intake valve closes.