Percolation? Heat soak? Don't drive during summer??

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This picture shows the green wire connected to the firewall?? Post 196.

DentalDart said:
Fixed the buzzing coil... it was from this green wire that runs to the tach on top of the steering wheel. It was hooked up on the negative side of the coil. It runs with the black wire to the back of the tach. Im assuming it is a ground wire? But why hooked up on the coil?

Haven't started the car yet, as its to late and the kids are going to be going to bed soon. Hopefully i get home at a reasonable time tomorrow and can mess with some stuff. Does anyone know where this ground goes? Its never been hooked up on my car, but I put the green wire under it to keep it out of the way...

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DentalDart said:
Ok I think things were being misinterpreted. My apologies, because its probably my fault.

Currently how the tach was/is wired up was like you just said. Red to power. Black to ground. Yellow to light. Green to negative terminal on coil.

When it is wired like that though it is causing the coil to fire when the key is in the on position before crankiit over. After taking the green wire off the negative terminal of the coil, the ignition coil no longer starts to fire before cranking the engine over.
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Ok. Thanks for clearin that up, mud. lol In that case, I think you do have an issue with that tach. Throw it in the ditch and see what happens.
 
66fyssh said:
This picture shows the green wire connected to the firewall??
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Right. That's what I was trying to tell him was wrong.....he seems to say that's been corrected now.
 
DentalDart said:
I gotta know my shift points... duh...:poke::rofl:
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You don't need a tac for your shift points. You just hold first gear to the floor until the nose drops down and the valves start floating then you go ahead and hit second then you let it rev up till the front end dives down a little bit and the valves are floating and it's not going any faster and then you hit 3rd... EASY...
 
RustyRatRod said:
Right. That's what I was trying to tell him was wrong.....he seems to say that's been corrected now.
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He stated that was just to keep the green wire out of the way ;)

I assumed the same thing at first though, so I get the misinterpretation.
 
Phreakish said:
But... The coil is probably still seeing excessive current and overheating.

I say keep the tach completely disconnected for now and go drive some. See if it quits again.. Also, keep your spare coil and the tools to swap in the car with you for now. I bet that coil is on its last legs.
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This and be done with it already...
 
DentalDart said:
Funny guy. He's right in the fact that At some point I do need to run a return fuel line. Its on the honey do list for the purple car... after solving this dying problem... then fixing the ac. Speaking of ac, I never noticed this cool sticker before.



Well, I didnt buy it but yes it is a cheaper one. Works good enough for my 4-500 miles last year though.... Its sad thinking this car barely got any miles on it. We did have a bunch of fun driving it... when it wasn't all taken apart lol.

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Ridiculous you don't need to fuel vent.. remember before you did the R&R it ran fine without it...
 
j par said:
Ridiculous you don't need to feel vent.. remember before you did the R&R it ran fine without it...
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Exactly. They can help in some instances, but there's no point spending a significant chunk of change just to have it. Fixing the ignition issue is very likely to fix the random dying.

Spend the fuel system money on gas and enjoy the car for a while!

Then do the AC to keep the wife happy ;)
 
318willrun said:
Tachs are rpm hearing aids for the tone-deaf anyways.... :)
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LOL Between my 1 cylinder yard tractor, 3 cylinder utility tractor, vtwin bikes, 4 cylinder cars and bikes, 6 cylinder jeep, and my v8s, I can't trust a damn thing my ears tell me..
 
Phreakish said:
Yeah, but it wasn't when he last had the car running.
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Oh, now I understand. :BangHead:

Sometimes it takes awhile for me, lol.

I'm trying to follow along so I can learn and maybe help if something comes up I have run across before.
 
66fyssh said:
Optical illusion?? Sure looks like the green lead is connected to the firewall.
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It was connected to the negative post on the coil. I disconnected to see if that is what was causing the coil to fire prematurely. Which it was.
 
66fyssh said:
Oh, now I understand. :BangHead:

Sometimes it takes awhile for me, lol.

I'm trying to follow along so I can learn and maybe help if something comes up I have run across before.
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Haha I'm trying to follow along too. I have a habit of getting threads derailed pretty quickly. Especially when I have a hard time explaining different things.
 
DentalDart said:
Haha I'm trying to follow along too. I have a habit of getting threads derailed pretty quickly. Especially when I have a hard time explaining different things.
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You're a rookie at derailing a thread. Just ask a pro.. snowmobiling anybody?...
 
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