Plz help :( my car wont start after replacing ignition coil pack 😭😭😭😭😭

[Lantanafrs2]

After installing crawford power blocks I got itchy and tried starting the car with the amplifier box hanging off. No dice. Grounds are important.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I installed a distributor 180 degrees out once.


That sucked.

Brings to mind a back-in-the-Army motor pool-story.

A mechanic was working on a 3/4 ton truck. It wouldn't start. The motor sergeant walked over and chewed him out for taking so long and then ask him what he had done. The sergeant listened to him trying to start the engine then told him he had put the distributor in backwards.

That was my motor officer lesson for the day -


humfrz

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I installed a distributor 180 degrees out once.


That sucked.

Did that on my Chevelle with offenhauser tunnel ram with two 850 double pumper carbs. Shot a flame 5 feet in the air. I was lucky didn't break or burn anything.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Did that on my Chevelle with offenhauser tunnel ram with two 850 double pumper carbs. Shot a flame 5 feet in the air. I was lucky didn't break or burn anything.

Yikes! Mine was considerably less spectacular - a few pops and a hot starter motor before I figured out what I had done.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Did that on my Chevelle with offenhauser tunnel ram with two 850 double pumper carbs. Shot a flame 5 feet in the air. I was lucky didn't break or burn anything.

Does your Porsche have carburetors or is it FI.

Just so I need to know if I should worry about or not -


humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Yikes! Mine was considerably less spectacular - a few pops and a hot starter motor before I figured out what I had done.

Hell, you had that engine so confused it couldn't even backfire proper -



humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by humfrz

That's good that you are learning about how to do mechanical/electrical stuff on your car.

We all went through the learning process.

Just ask ol @Ultramaroon about the time he replaced all the spark plug wires in his car, he took them all off, then when he went to make and install new wires, he didn't keep track of which one went to which plug - or, was that @Tcoat or @Sapphireho - I forget -


humfrz

Oh, I remember who that was - IT WAS ME!

I remember I had to call my uncle and ask him what the firing order was on a stovebolt 6 -


daaaaaaaaa

[humfrz]

See there @rAySiiAnN - a lot of us have messed things up - learning.

humfrz

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Oh, I remember who that was - IT WAS ME!

I remember I had to call my uncle and ask him what the firing order was on a stovebolt 6 -


daaaaaaaaa

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Well, at least I knew which cylinder was #1 (or did I just guess lucky - )


humfrz

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Does your Porsche have carburetors or is it FI.

Just so I need to know if I should worry about or not -


humfrz

CIS Injection.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

CIS Injection.

Oh wait... CIS

[ATL BRZ]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well, @ATL BRZ did a nice thing - then kind of blew it with his meme -

Originally Posted by rAySiiAnN

Lol thanks to everyone for all the help and encouragement especially @ATL_BRZ all hail the magic conch!!

yeah the gif was just sarcasm because it is probably the 15th time I've suggested this to someone with a no-start condition after they worked on their engine and it ended up being that grounding bolt. It is a VERY common thing that people often overlook and end up scratching their heads about when their engine won't start.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Oh wait... CIS

Not CSI just yet - he hasn't blown/burnt up his Porsche engine - yet -


humfrz