Im in the process of smogging my car, so I replaced the rotor yesterday and the car wasnt quite running right, I went out last night, and after about 25 miles of driving I came to a stop and the engine cut off immediately. Started it again but it wouldnt catch, I waited a few minutes then tried again and finally it would start again, but wouldnt idle and would only stay on if I kept it revved up. The only thing that I have changed was the rotor, but when I was putting the dizzy back together one of the screws was missing so I used a different screw. If anyone can give me some guidance on where to start to figure out what is wrong that would be great.

 

check all the connections and make sure the rotor is still atached to the shaft.

-Dustin

 

Autocratic_1st_Gen Thanks, I will be working on it once i get home from work.

 

what about your cap? and plugs? check everything in that "circut"

-Jake

 

check all ur vacum lines as well

 

this happend to me before, turns out the screw for the rotor came out, and got all in the distributor and chewed it all up.

good luck

 

Well I took the dizzy all apart again, then put it back together and it runs fine now. Im still afraid that whatever is wrong is still wrong so we shall see.

 

I think that is your problem.... check that and make sure the rotor screw is on tight....