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  • #16
    Originally posted by doylerl View Post
    I wondered about the wires myself, so I checked them out. There are 2 going into the eng. inj. fuse. They seem to be ok. I tested the injectors with a test light, and the computer is sending a signal to them. Now, the new plugs we put in are getting wet, but it still won't start! We have fire, and fuel, but it will not run! How can this be? I removed the top of the airbox to see if that could be a problem, but still nothing.... Any other ideas?
    If you have fire and fuel, maybe the timing belt slipped.
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    • #17
      Thanks for the help everyone.... We pulled the disty cap off and somehow the rotor pressed against the top of the cap and chewed the hell out of both. $50 later, new cap, rotor, and plugs, and we are back on the road. We are kinda wondering how the rotor pressed against the cap. Any ideas? We were thinking the disty shaft came out and pushed the rotor into the cap, but we are not able to move the disty shaft by hand at all....
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      • #18
        Rotor may have been installed wrong, not pushed down all the way?
        With electrical stuff, I always try to see if there is fire at the spark plug end of the wires, by getting someone to hold it with their hand! haha!
        No, actually, you can pull the plug terminal off just a little bit, hold the plug boot 1/4-1/2 inch away from the spark plug, and watch for a blue/white spark to arc over to the spark plug. When you see that, you know you are getting fire.
        Last edited by drddan; 12-28-2009, 11:16 PM.
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        • #19
          a lot of the time the rotors just wear out like that, at least that is what I have observed from the aspires I have owned. Glad to see you are back on the road! you should head over to fordaspire.com man!
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          • #20
            Originally posted by drddan View Post
            Rotor may have been installed wrong, not pushed down all the way?
            With electrical stuff, I always try to see if there is fire at the spark plug end of the wires, by getting someone to hold it with their hand! haha!
            No, actually, you can pull the plug terminal off just a little bit, hold the plug boot 1/4-1/2 inch away from the spark plug, and watch for a blue/white spark to arc over to the spark plug. When you see that, you know you are getting fire.
            Yea, we had spark, I am guessing it was just not at the right time or it wasn't strong enough.... I tried to get my dad to hold it while I turned it over, but he has already been there and done that... lol... I am told there is a roll pin inside the disty that holds the shaft in. Is this true? If so, has anyone ever seen one break allowing the shaft to slide out at all? Either way, I am just glad to be back home and have him back on the road. I will have to let him know about the aspire site. I thought this was the only site for all of these little cars. Thanks again guys!
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            • #21
              I'm on FA.com too. But to be honest, there's a lot more activity and information here.
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              • #22
                there is a lot more activity here, but if its aspire specific you usually get answers like:

                "just take the brake swap parts off and scrap the rest"

                "its a wast of time, sell me the brake swap parts and get a festiva"

                Plus there are a few of us on there that have been elbow deep in aspire guts for years now, and we tend to know diagnosis things right off the bat. (not me with wiring, but iceracer and others over there).
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