Drowning Puppies

it's actually my friend's login from when he had a legacy about five years ago...mine seems to have been purged from the user base here.

well, that was easy. didn't even get as far as checking ecu or ign module. did wires, made sure to get a damn good seat on the coil one, and replaced the horn/hazards fuse (which was of course gone). started first try and immediately idled on its own. ticked for a little while, blew some smoke, now revs and drives happily. thanks guys.

timing belts are actually the first thing that happened. brand new, timing on. shroud is still off too so can, uh, visually confirm its presence. distributor is definitely spinning, we tested the coil with the trunk light wiring out of my pontiac. GD, will see if it's throwing any codes. Deener, thanks for heads up on odd fuse issue. will check that as well. updates tonight theoretically, since i know you all are just on the edge of your seats.

guh, where were you when i was desperately trying to fix my loyale back in the day in portland? coil can't be bad. also has power to it i believe. coil bracket ground already on list of things to check. if i had an obd reader, this process would obviously get a lot easier...we may have one kicking around the shop, but it's unlikely. if we actually do and no one has told me that, i'm going to cry.

we have a multimeter. coil definitely good. thanks for the link. really hoping to drive this thing off the PO's property.

we thought about wires but are kind of refusing to believe that it could be so simple. planning to grab a set on the way out tomorrow anyway. if i'm not mistaken we have confirmed a good coil via testing it directly off the battery. will check cap and bracket ground as well. ignition module? how would we test functionality of that?

car is an 88 GL, handed over $300 for the thing and have been trying to get it running for a few days now. new/known good things: battery, coil, cap & rotor, tbelts (timing good), plugs gapped to .041ish can't get spark out of it. cranks all day long, healthily enough, almost tries to fire every once in a while. any bright ideas?