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Subject:Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
From:OlRivrRat
Date:Sun, 30 Nov 2014 10:35:55 -0700

The Prob' for Me is that I have an ExtremelyDifficult time trying to Justify

buying a Whole Set of Somethings that I only need 1 of ~ That takes away the

"Simple" for Me ~ I have a HugeAversion to being Wasteful ~ It's an Affliction ~

I know that the Sets are QuiteEasilyAvailable & Cheap ~ BUT ~ DangIt ~

                                                        ORR ~ DeanB

On 30 Nov , 2014, at 1:31 AM, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) wrote:

> you go to a parts store and buy one.
> 
> if they don't know what one is ..
> they don't know their parts business.
> it's a standard diagnostic tool..
> 
> google it.
> 
> 
> On 11/29/2014 5:15 PM, Michael Magnani wrote:
>> NOID light? How do I make one of these?
>> Mike M
>> 
>> 
>> On Saturday, November 29, 2014 4:17 PM, "SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott
>> )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> can't say it enough..
>> it is just SO HANDY to have a simple, small, and not expensive
>> ...............NOID light.
>> 
>> that way ..in 10 seconds you can find out if the ECU is triggering the
>> injectors ..
>> which goes a long way toward identifying what is going on. ..whether you
>> get flashes while cranking or not.
>> 
>> or in a rare case dim or intermittant flashes ( saw that on a Subaru
>> conversion I bought once....in the end it was a matter of battery cable
>> sizes. quite odd, but that was it. )
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 11/29/2014 1:39 PM, Steve Williams wrote:
>> > On 11/29/2014 3:15 PM, Raymond Markett wrote:
>> >> Did you check inside the distributor cap for condensation?
>> >
>> > Thanks for the suggestion.
>> >
>> > I just did that.  No obvious condensation.  I wiped the inside of the
>> > distributor cap with a dry cloth.  No change.
>> >
>> 
>>