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  • Another one of those car isn't starting.

    I have a 93 GL and I was driving it the other day , I'm having an overheating problem so I was running it hot but I was able to drive it home. Then we had a nasty rain and when I went to drive it today it wouldn't do anything when I turned the key. I took the battery out and cleaned the connections because my battery is new. I put it back in and it wanted to start but just wouldn't. Sprayed some starter fluid and still the same.

    I feel like my problem is electrical. I checked the plugs on the distributor ImageUploadedByTapatalk1397665422.856370.jpg

    And to make matters worse I broke the end piece of the cable that connects in the center of the distributor cap. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1397665616.961292.jpg

    I'm trying to figure out what this cable is called so I can pick it up at a local parts store but nobody seems to know what I'm talking about or tries to sell me a whole wire kit.

    Does anybody have any experience with this?
    Last edited by Derek; 04-16-2014, 11:31 AM.
    ScooterPookin

  • #2
    Its the coil to distributor wire. I believe that you can buy them at Autozone separately. At least I remember seeing some hanging on a shelf behind the counter one time before.
    Jerry
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    92 L Thunder BP G5M-R Turbo B6T electronics. Jan 2016 FOTM winner SOLD
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    • #3
      Here's a video of me trying to start it http://youtu.be/aryL_wpiaCE
      ScooterPookin

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      • #4
        Thanks team lightning, I'm gonna try and call the one down the road from me.
        ScooterPookin

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        • #5
          It's not gonna start with out the coil wire lol.
          Get one , put it on and report back.

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          • #6
            Yea your right I've called almost every auto store around me with nothing in stock but I'm just gonna pull off the wire and bring it with me . It says 7mm hi temp radio suppression cable. Maybe there's a stock one they sell.
            ScooterPookin

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            • #7
              As long as the ends are the same it's all the same thing. Good luck just buying that one though, up here we can usually only get them in a kit with all the plug wires too.
              - Form should follow function...

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              • #8
                In a pinch, you should be able to take a connector from any sparkplug wire (new/used/ junkyard/etc) and carfully pry it off the old wire and you should be able to crimp it onto your wire. Making sure you get the core in contact with the metal connector you are crimping.
                '93 Blue 5spd 230K(down for clutch and overall maintanence)
                '93 White B6 swap thanks to Skeeters Keeper
                '92 Aqua parts Car
                '93 Turquoise 5spd 137K
                '90 White LX Thanks to FB71

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                Your holy ghost will not save you.
                Your God plutonium will not save you.
                In fact...
                ...You will not be saved!"

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                • #9
                  Another one of those car isn't starting.

                  It's alive!!ImageUploadedByTapatalk1397694710.786779.jpg

                  Went in to the same autozone that told me they didn't have It. Went straight back in to there stock and found one hanging on the wall.

                  Thanks everyone for calming my tits )
                  Last edited by Derek; 04-16-2014, 07:35 PM.
                  ScooterPookin

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                  • #10
                    Great!!
                    Jerry
                    Team Lightning



                    Owner of Team Lightning
                    90 L "Peewee" B6D. Bought new May 16,1990
                    92 L Thunder BP G5M-R Turbo B6T electronics. Jan 2016 FOTM winner SOLD
                    93 L Lightning. BP



                    Not a user of drugs or alcohol, Just addicted to Festiva's

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                    • #11
                      You may be able to pull ignition wires off wrecks for 99 cents each. That's what they charge near here. I got a new-looking set off a Mazda 323 last summer.
                      Original owner of silver grey carburetted 1989 Festiva. 105k km as of June 2006. 140k km as of June 2021.

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