View Full Version : anyone ever replace Opti-spark themselves?
SlowStee
02-21-2004, 02:45 PM
im waiting to get one, which hopefully will be in under 2 weeks. but has anyone replaced an optispark distributor themselves? I was strongly thinking about getting 2 or 3 people together and doing it. ( theres no way i could do it myself )
number1
02-23-2004, 12:54 PM
I will be in about a month. It seems like a very simple job. If you wanted to come and take a look at what you would be getting into, I will be starting to work on my car the 15th of march. I will post about it more later on what I am doing and see if anyone wants to come out to Watertown.
9C1 Driver
02-23-2004, 06:22 PM
My damn Optispark just gave up the ghost yesterday. Looks like I'll be doing it here in short order... maybe I'll take some digital pictures
:fire
Hetfield
02-23-2004, 07:50 PM
It's actually pretty easy. :) Nuts and bolts, basically. Give yourself a few hours and a case of beer or five and dive in.
You will need to pull the crankshaft pulley off though, which can be a ***** depending on lots of factors.
A B4C Z
02-23-2004, 09:14 PM
Ive done it a few times. Not that hard at all.
number1
02-24-2004, 02:22 PM
http://para.noid.org/~muttvette/opti.html
This might give you a hand, and see what to expect
SlowStee
02-24-2004, 04:14 PM
good news, might not be my optispark....im getting my car scanned on thursday, so well see
number1
02-24-2004, 04:30 PM
Whats wrong with the car?
SlowStee
02-24-2004, 05:37 PM
the people who are going to scan my car, think it could bad ignition wires
Hetfield
02-24-2004, 08:13 PM
Originally posted by FoRmuLa_DriVa
the people who are going to scan my car, think it could bad ignition wires
Misfiring, I take it? Too bad you can't see individual misfires (per cyl) in that car...makes things a lot easier.
number1
02-24-2004, 08:37 PM
Syptoms? Does it always happen, worse when it gets hot? Breaks up worse the higher in the rpm band?
SlowStee
02-25-2004, 09:03 PM
i found out today its ignition wires, that saves me a lot of money
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