89 ram with issues

[robsnyder225]

Yes put a plug in the coil wire and it threw some pretty good fire.

 

[crazzywolfie]

so it sounds like your issue is probably the distributor cap or rotor then.

 

[robsnyder225]

Okay. I cleaned the contacts on the cap because they had a little bit of corrosion on them and the rotor looked brand new. But anything is possible.

 

[crazzywolfie]

it is possible to have a bad spark plug or wire but normally they don't fail too often.

 

[robsnyder225]

Now I dont have anything coming from the coil. Power is going to it and its brand new. Can't get any spark out now. Totally lost now.

 

[crazzywolfie]

the asd relay powers the coil, injectors and everything else that needs power to run. the computer grounds the coil when it gets the signals it needs to think you the engine is turning. i would possibly be checking the hall effects sensor in the distributor.

 

[robsnyder225]

Replaced the hall effect and it fired right up. Cleaned up the wiring a little bit more and it seems to be better. Still runs a bit rough but I'm happy its running.

 

[crazzywolfie]

glad to hear it is running. it might start running a bit better once you have possibly got a tank of fuel through it. if it doesn't i would possibly try checking for codes again and maybe change the O2 sensor. these things like the NTK O2 sensors if you do replace them. they are usually pretty cheap