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My 84 GL Hatchback has 286,000 miles. It is going strong.

Yep Still there.

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After the dual exhaust modification do you still tend to go through passenger side half shafts? Does getting the heat away from the CV really help?

Thank you Shawn. Marshal gave me a call and is taking care of me. I owe you one. Tom

I have been trying to get hold of someone from MW Enterprises to get a axle shaft. I have not had any luck. I have left phone and email messages over the last couple of weeks. I have not gotten a response. Does anyone know if they are still in buisness?

the sucker king..... I did put a heat shield over the CAT when I put the last axle shaft in. I was thinking that is why it lasted over a year this time. We had bought this car brand new in 85. The originol factory axles lasted about 200,000 niles.

Thanx for the link chef_tim. I believe I will try them.

The right front boot is tore. At least this last one lasted over a year. I was replacing the right front one every couple of months. I got the last one from Nappa. They come with a lifetime warranty but I am very tired of changing them...... Wahhhh! BTW it is an 84 hatch 4x4.

Yep, the module is the little black thingy inside the distributor. Some times called the igniter or distributor pick up. There are all kinds of reasons for a vehicle to run bad. Start with tune up including Air filter, fuel filter, and PVC, cap, rotor, and wires, plugs. Do a compression test. Check for vacuum leaks. Try some fuel conditioner and a different gas station. Then consider the modulator. While you are in there, pay attention to the play in the distributor shaft.

update! I installed a new modulator. I have run it two weeks now with no fuses blown or ignition misses. BTW I traced the obviuose [easy ] circuits on the ignition side of the switch. Did not find anything suspiciouse. Now I have a water in the fuel problem to deal with.

I believe I know where to pick up a ignitor pretty reasonable. I will give it a try. Thank you

Nice looking Brat! Tell us about it.

So you are thinking I have two problems? The miss, possibly corrected by swapping the coil & wires? Then you guys think the short is caused by one of the other circuits off the ignition side of the switch. I bought a new Haynes manual today. I will be looking at the circuits.

The problem started with an intermittent miss. I could see the miss in the tack. The first suspect was the high output coil and 8mm wires. Of course I first took a good look at the cap, rotor and plugs. They looked good. I swapped the coil and wires back to original. The sooby seemed fine. I ran it for a day with no problems. The next morning I hoped into it fired it up and off to work I go. I have about a 48 mile each way commute in a remote area. It was 4:30AM. About half way to work the sooby just died. No sputtering, missing or anything, just dead. I grab a flashlight pop the hood, can’t find anything. I pull out the ignition fuse and it is blown. I pop in another fuse and it blew before the sooby even turned over. So I start walking to the nearest phone. It was about a mile and a half away and did not work. I walked to the next phone about a mile away and call my lovely bride. By now it is 5:30, she was very happy to hear from me....NOT! She is on her way anyway. So now I walk the two and a half miles back to the sooby, put in a new fuse, pop the hood wiggle wires n such. The @#$% thing fires right up just as the wife pulls up. I drive it home [no miss or anything], blow off work and go bear hunting. Next chance I get to work on it I change the cap, rotor, & plugs. I took a good look at all the wiring. It started right up and drove around the block. I worked around the house for a few hours then got in and tried to start it. The fuse blew again. I went through 4 fuses & no start. I ate dinner went back out and it fired right off again. So what am I down to here ladies and gentlemen? Distributor pickup? Ignition switch? I am looking for ideas here....HELP! lol