On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Robert Fisher
<garciasghostvw@gmail.com> wrote:
> '87 GL Auto
> I pulled off the injector connections and in the process apparently knocked
> off the coil wire. It couldn't have been on there very well, and when I
> looked at it later it and the coil were very gunked up and greasy.
> I had cranked the engine for a total of about a minute (a few seconds at a
> time) when I went back to reconnect everything and discovered the loose
> wire. I re-attached everything and tried to start the engine (which had
> started just fine before the tranny swap) and no joy.
> I pulled out the coil (whoever designed that mount should be fried in their
> own juices); I cleaned it and tested it per Bentley. It was way out of spec
> on the primary. I grabbed another presumably good coil and tested it; it
> tested 'good' so I put it in.
> Still no start.
> I know I need to go through the procedures in the book and test all kinds of
> crap but right now I'm more of a mind to set the damn thing on fire so I
> thought I'd see if y'all had some pointers before I go back out there.
> In the meantime I'm topping off the battery and I'm going to hang out inside
> and cool down.
> I seem to remember somebody (maybe Dennis) saying that cranking the engine
> without the coil wire on would damage something (the Hall sender) but I
> couldn't find much in my archives.
> Any help will be much appreciated.
>
> Cya,
> Robert
>

Just to be clear, it's: David Beierl (to help w/search)

Robert. I (as most) know your frustration. When you come back to it, a
visual check of hall sender connector wires can't hurt. I also noticed
a ground wire (in Bentley pic) in same part of harness to hall
connector. Is it ok?

Neil.
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