Re: Fitting a Fed distributor to a CA-spec 1979
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 2:04 pm
Fitted the 205P that I bought from Colin yesterday - very strange, as the vacuum port on top of the can (i.e., not the one next to the distributor itself) is in a completely different place to the one on the CA-spec sensor that I removed. It points down and towards the back of the fan housing, rather than up and towards the air box I managed to get the vacuum line onto it, though.
Tried to start and the engine just turns over, but doesn't catch. I can smell gas, so presumably we're back to a spark issue.
I'm going to get back under there sometime soon, take off the passenger side valve cover and ascertain that I did find TDC - I think that I did, but with the various frustrations, I'm not trusting my memory...
Condensor wire (green) goes from Coil terminal 1 to the condenser, and then inside the distributor, correct?
Black wire from coil terminal 15, joining back-up light wire at in-line fuse, and then on to double relay (still using the original CA-spec double relay and ECU).
Simplistically (it's how my mind works best...) and by looking at the 77/78 wiring diagram so that I'm not confused by the CA-spec stuff in the 79 diagram..
Ignition switch
Black to +ve battery
Red to alternator
2 x red/whites - one to fuse #9 in the fuse box and the other across to terminal 85a on the double relay
Double Relay
Black from terminal 86c to the in-line fuse, which then splits to the back-up lights and terminal 15 (+ve) on the coil
Coil
Green from terminal 1 (-ve) to the distributor (this is the condenser wire, I presume).
White wire going from terminal 1 (-ve) to the ECU.
Black going to the fresh-air blower relay from terminal 15 (+ve).
Black going to the double relay from terminal 15 (+ve), as above.
Then, of course, the ignition lead from the middle of the coil to the middle of the distributor cap.
The wiring diagram on VintageBus.com shows a green/white wire leaving the coil and ending in a red blob (current track 64) - no idea what that is...
Electrically, does that all sound correct?
The gas is probably pretty damned stale by now too, but I would hope that it would have enough chemically to start up, as I'm only about 10-15 miles into a full tank
If all that is good, then all I can think is that I failed miserably at finding TDC and the timing is so far out it hasn't got a hope of starting - does that sound fair?
I have no idea what has changed since it ran, albeit not well, with the distributor I borrowed form Chris
Tried to start and the engine just turns over, but doesn't catch. I can smell gas, so presumably we're back to a spark issue.
I'm going to get back under there sometime soon, take off the passenger side valve cover and ascertain that I did find TDC - I think that I did, but with the various frustrations, I'm not trusting my memory...
Condensor wire (green) goes from Coil terminal 1 to the condenser, and then inside the distributor, correct?
Black wire from coil terminal 15, joining back-up light wire at in-line fuse, and then on to double relay (still using the original CA-spec double relay and ECU).
Simplistically (it's how my mind works best...) and by looking at the 77/78 wiring diagram so that I'm not confused by the CA-spec stuff in the 79 diagram..
Ignition switch
Black to +ve battery
Red to alternator
2 x red/whites - one to fuse #9 in the fuse box and the other across to terminal 85a on the double relay
Double Relay
Black from terminal 86c to the in-line fuse, which then splits to the back-up lights and terminal 15 (+ve) on the coil
Coil
Green from terminal 1 (-ve) to the distributor (this is the condenser wire, I presume).
White wire going from terminal 1 (-ve) to the ECU.
Black going to the fresh-air blower relay from terminal 15 (+ve).
Black going to the double relay from terminal 15 (+ve), as above.
Then, of course, the ignition lead from the middle of the coil to the middle of the distributor cap.
The wiring diagram on VintageBus.com shows a green/white wire leaving the coil and ending in a red blob (current track 64) - no idea what that is...
Electrically, does that all sound correct?
The gas is probably pretty damned stale by now too, but I would hope that it would have enough chemically to start up, as I'm only about 10-15 miles into a full tank
If all that is good, then all I can think is that I failed miserably at finding TDC and the timing is so far out it hasn't got a hope of starting - does that sound fair?
I have no idea what has changed since it ran, albeit not well, with the distributor I borrowed form Chris