Hey got another issue with the mav. 72 mav i6 200. Just fixed the battery draining issue. heres the upgrades-new parts Electronic ignition, new battery, new rotor, new plugs, wires, dist cap, new battery leads, new voltage regulator. Heres what happens- Ill go to start the mav and and itll turn over for a couple seconds then kind of stutter and stop. If i try to start it again like right after then it might turn over real quick then stop or stutter and stop. try again right after and itll just do one click like it almost starts to turn. wait a min and itll turn again? This has happened a couple times and one time i was checking the battery leads and the positive cable to the - im guessing start solenoid was warm and i touched the end of the cable at the solenoid and it was hot and couldnt keep my hand on it. Any ideas? If that thing is a starter solenoid could that cause that?
mmh ok which way should I turn the dist then? Ive set the timing before...a few times and it always seems to move forward too far...
Move the dist one way about 1/4- 1/2 inch and try to start it. If that doesn't work than go the other way. If the timing always change it could be the harmonic balancer.
It could also be the dist. That happen to me I had a new dist and the timing was always changing. I replaced the coil inside the dist and that worked.
well moved the dist around and it fired up! checked timing when I got home and it was right on 14 degrees. Seems to run best there. If it continues to move should I replace the distributor or ? Not sure what the above mentioned coil is or what the harmonic balancer is either.
It should be 6 degrees that's a lot of wear on the engine. Did you replace the dist for electronic? For a 72 should have points.
set at about 2 a little below the 3 mark. idling lower/better. Still having the starting issue. Could it be my starter? Or possibly my battery not having enough cranking amps? I couldnt imagine an i6 200 would need a lot. I think I have 675 cranking amps 540 cc amps. I just went out started it up fine, changed it to 2 degrees then drove it around the block to go get gas since it was low and it wouldnt start up after getting gas. Tried a couple times push it out of the way and tried a couple more times and nothing. Would turn over real slow then stutter and not turn over. Got it jumped a couple minutes later and it started right up.
yes? I had the charging issue before and it came down to my voltage regulator and a used battery. Replaced both and it was working fine til a couple days ago..
pulled off both cables one at a time and it kept on running. started up fine this morning. After getting it jumped yesterday i took it for a short drive to see if maybe i hadnt driven it enough to charge the battery or something? So we will see if I have any more issues
Well replaced the starter. It was drawing way to much making the battery volts drop. This new starter spins 10x's faster complete difference. Thanks for all the help. Now that I think ive solved all the problems almost it makes me want to keep it...
