01mggt Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Ok, so I just bought an 87 pathy for winter driving here in Alaska for the last year I am stationed here. It's got 240k on the clock and still ran pretty smooth with just a slight chug when I bought her a couple days back. I figured I would do a slight tune up to cure the problem. I replaced the plugs with NGK and verified I had them gapped properly. Using a set of feeler gauges I get get .032 in between the gap of them nice and snug. I tried not to over tighten them for fear of stripping the old threads. I replaced all the wires one at a time and also replaced the dizzy cap and rotor. To replace the cap I simply took out the 2 or 4 screws (can't remember) and also change the rotor. it was lined up with a red mark inside so I made sure it was aligned with the same mark when I put it back in but I may have rotated it ever so slightly as there wasn't much resistance. I also removed the MAF sensor and cleaned it with MAF cleaner from the parts store. I sprayed it and let it dry over night. Also replaced the air filter. Put it all back together and it idled horrible. Almost like there was a big cam in it or something. Tried to drive it and at times had no power at all with the pedal to the floor. It even died once and refused to start without the pedal to the floor. I should also add that I put a can of seafoam in the tank and poured a small amount into the throttle body as well. The ECU had no stored codes as I had the battery cable removed. Any help?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mggt Posted June 28, 2009 Author Share Posted June 28, 2009 My distributor is loose enough to turn by hand....thinking maybe I bumped the dizzy and messed up ignition timing....right now if I try and start it it basically backfires out of the TB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mggt Posted June 29, 2009 Author Share Posted June 29, 2009 is there a refference I can use to get the dizzy back where it should be till I can get a timing light on the car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westslope Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 01mggt: Some free advice. Don't SPAM the fora. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mggt Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 How is it spam for me to post updates of the troubleshooting that I am doing? The more information I provide should make it easier for others to help... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westslope Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 OSR, The dude posted his problem all over the forum. Hence the SPAM. Fine by me. Netiquette does not apply. Please continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mggt Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 I posted it in the first gen forum along with a recommendation that this post be deleted by a moderator seeing as how there isn't much activity here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSlowReliable Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 (edited) Im an idiot......... anyways..im just gonna slowly walk out of this topic! Edited July 1, 2009 by OldSlowReliable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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