FAMICOMASTER
Yugo owner
Hello all, I'm back again with a new problem I can't seem to figure out.
Car has been running and driving pretty reliably for the last 2-3 months but last week I noticed a dramatic drop in power while driving home from work, then that the car could no longer launch itself without stalling the next morning when I tried to drive it.
Come to find that the vacuum advance nipple on the distributor broke off and was creating a vacuum leak while also giving me no more vacuum advance. Pretty big problem, definitely why the car acted up.
Didn't want to shell out a ton of money for a new one, scored a cheap used one pulled from an X1/9 on eBay for under $40 shipped. Grimey and missing a clip but no worries there.
Distributor arrived, I cleaned it up and installed the clips from the old distributor. Removed old one (Lock bolt is horrible to access on an AC car), dropped new one in and left bolt loose to set timing properly. Made sure to place rotor in exactly the same position it came out and put cap on the same way it came off.
Try to start car... Nothing. Twist distributor a bit. Still nothing. Twist other way. Backfiring. Remove timing cover, turn engine with wrench until mark on cam pulley is aligned with tab on the engine. Place distributor back in engine with rotor pointing directly at #1 plug. Backfiring. Double-triple-quadruple check firing order is correct. Twist distributor in every way that could be possible and car won't do anything more than occasionally backfire when cranking.
When cleaning and installing new distributor, I made sure to use the known working interruptor wheel and pickup coil from the old distributor on the new one.
I was going to set timing with the mark on the flywheel but the location of the thermostat / water outlet housing makes that completely impossible.
Any tips or tricks on timing this thing so I can get it back on the road?
Car has been running and driving pretty reliably for the last 2-3 months but last week I noticed a dramatic drop in power while driving home from work, then that the car could no longer launch itself without stalling the next morning when I tried to drive it.
Come to find that the vacuum advance nipple on the distributor broke off and was creating a vacuum leak while also giving me no more vacuum advance. Pretty big problem, definitely why the car acted up.
Didn't want to shell out a ton of money for a new one, scored a cheap used one pulled from an X1/9 on eBay for under $40 shipped. Grimey and missing a clip but no worries there.
Distributor arrived, I cleaned it up and installed the clips from the old distributor. Removed old one (Lock bolt is horrible to access on an AC car), dropped new one in and left bolt loose to set timing properly. Made sure to place rotor in exactly the same position it came out and put cap on the same way it came off.
Try to start car... Nothing. Twist distributor a bit. Still nothing. Twist other way. Backfiring. Remove timing cover, turn engine with wrench until mark on cam pulley is aligned with tab on the engine. Place distributor back in engine with rotor pointing directly at #1 plug. Backfiring. Double-triple-quadruple check firing order is correct. Twist distributor in every way that could be possible and car won't do anything more than occasionally backfire when cranking.
When cleaning and installing new distributor, I made sure to use the known working interruptor wheel and pickup coil from the old distributor on the new one.
I was going to set timing with the mark on the flywheel but the location of the thermostat / water outlet housing makes that completely impossible.
Any tips or tricks on timing this thing so I can get it back on the road?