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    Default My car wont turn on.

    Hey guys as some of you know Ive been wanting to install the ARP headstuds... well, it happen I got them installed but now I ran into a different problem I cant get eletric current threw the distributer cap plug thingy. [dont know what it is called but it has a male and female connection.] It rungs from the cap and over the cam gears and under the intake manifold. I have tested the MSD thing that battleground installed and that gets current however my spark plugs wont light up. The timing is right everything is pluged right and IDK what else it could be.

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    sounds like a sensor is unpluged like a cps

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    Quote Originally Posted by dallasb84 View Post
    sounds like a sensor is unpluged like a cps
    thank you Ill check that..

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    check all grounds
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    year make model


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    Quote Originally Posted by Barefoot View Post
    year make model

    wild guess toyota supra

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    Quote Originally Posted by ASE*Tech View Post
    wild guess toyota supra
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    Quote Originally Posted by ASE*Tech View Post
    wild guess toyota supra

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barefoot View Post
    year make model
    toyota supra 95

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    turn the key?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Purple Power View Post
    turn the key?
    see start simple build your way up.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Purple Power View Post
    turn the key?
    Not to be rude but this IS serious question not a random thread posted in the WL, so take your smartass remark with ya ok? ok good..

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    Quote Originally Posted by FAM0U5 View Post
    Not to be rude but this IS serious question not a random thread posted in the WL, so take your smartass remark with ya ok? ok good..



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    Quote Originally Posted by FAM0U5 View Post
    Hey guys as some of you know Ive been wanting to install the ARP headstuds... well, it happen I got them installed but now I ran into a different problem I cant get eletric current threw the distributer cap plug thingy. [dont know what it is called but it has a male and female connection.] It rungs from the cap and over the cam gears and under the intake manifold. I have tested the MSD thing that battleground installed and that gets current however my spark plugs wont light up. The timing is right everything is pluged right and IDK what else it could be.
    My question is how did you test the MSD ignition? Did you stick your tongue to it? That always works for me...it's just like a 9v battery.

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    Quote Originally Posted by speedminded View Post
    My question is how did you test the MSD ignition? Did you stick your tongue to it? That always works for me...it's just like a 9v battery.
    I used a tool that is used to check such things I dont know what's its called but you have to ground the tool that is linked up a device that lights up when you touch the power source.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FAM0U5 View Post
    I used a tool that is used to check such things I dont know what's its called but you have to ground the tool that is linked up a device that lights up when you touch the power source.
    that would be a test light to fully test u would need a dmm.

    what work have u done lately.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Barefoot View Post
    that would be a test light to fully test u would need a dmm.

    what work have u done lately.
    just the headstuds..

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    Quote Originally Posted by FAM0U5 View Post
    just the headstuds..
    When you took the head off your car to install the studs, did you pull any sensors off that may not have gotten re-connected? Check everything in and around your head (sensor and wire-wise). Are you sure your distributor wire is good? And what about the button inside the distributor?
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    Quote Originally Posted by FAM0U5 View Post
    I used a tool that is used to check such things I dont know what's its called but you have to ground the tool that is linked up a device that lights up when you touch the power source.
    Test lights are generally for 12 volt power sources...are you saying 12 volts is coming out of your MSD ignition?

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    Quote Originally Posted by speedminded View Post
    Test lights are generally for 12 volt power sources...are you saying 12 volts is coming out of your MSD ignition?
    I guess so..

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    Sounds like something didn't get connected, what did you find after double checking?

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