i was driving on the parkway when all of a sudden my car just shut off... the rpms went down to zero but the radio and lights worked fine. I pulled the msd cap off and noticed that the inner teeth of the dizzy were gone. could this have cause my distributor to mess up all together? i have a new msd cap and rotor that installed and nothing it doesn't start. the cap is clear red and i don't see any spark. what could this be? what should i test? how do i go about checking it? Thanks in advance.

Reggie

 

Sounds like you have no batt power. Check the batt or alt.

 

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wouldnt that mean his radio and lights wouldnt work if he had no battery power?

 

thats what i thought too debo... anyone else have any ideas?

 

well i would say alternator or battery too. your battery could have just enough juice to run the lights or radio. that doesnt take as much juice as having a car start up, etc..i would check those 2 first since it would be the easiest thing to check

 

i already tried jumper cables and the car cranks hard but does not start. would the alternator cause no spark to be thrown my the dizzy?

 

possible bearing failure in the dizzy? happened to me. you would have seen a bunch of **** in your old cap when you first took it off.

 

like what? dust? cause thats what i had in mine... not to mention that the teeth inside the cap were gone... didn't even see them in the cap.

 

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might be time for a new dizzy. do you or a friend have another to test with?

 

nope

 

brownish red dust is usually a good sign of bearing failure in a dizzy. I don't want to tell you to go get a new one without being able to see it, or test it, but it's pretty likely it died.

 

Is the rotor spining when you crank?

Usually it's the timing belt when a car dies like that though I did have a distributor lock on me but that was in my '67 stang.

 

you said the teeth are gone? did you replace the cap? is your rotor all screwed up? you can also pull teh dist. and check the bering by checki9ng fof play in the shaft

 

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if there wasn't play in it, then what would have killed the teeth in the cap? I lost one that way 6 months ago on my H.

 

Its the distributor.. That has just happened to me about 2 weeks ago.. exact same symptoms.. i drove crusing on freeway and rpms dropped to 0 then stumbled then popped back to 3 then again etc.. I also had super long cranking when cold

New distributor..

 

http://www.distributorking.com/
they have good prices.

 

i tried a friends distributor and nothing... i'm gonna try the alternator next. keep the advice coming.

 

same problem with me, hope we get good help check out my post
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1278205

 

tried again last night and nothing. i'm getting a back fire coming out of the throttle body at times. i also checked the timing belt and cam gears. could the backfire be from the gas that has probably accumulated in in the chamber? anyone else?

 

i agree, sounds like dizzy to me. Battery and alternaor are fine

 

here's the latest... i forgot that the dizzy i used we converted to obd1 from obd2 so the firing order was different. when i changed the firing order the car cranked, started for about 2 seconds and died. this was after changing my alternator. should i change it back? could it be the battery?

 

its dizzy.

 

bump

 

i always thought the firing order was the same on obd1 and 2. someone please correct me if i'm wrong here.

 

bad ignitor in the dizzy