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Old Dec 20, 2016 | 03:07 PM
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Need help 91 Camaro RS

91 Camaro starts only when coil wire is unplugged from distributor when I plug it back in it dies already changed plugs wires cap rotor and coil
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Old Dec 20, 2016 | 03:52 PM
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Re: Need help 91 Camaro RS

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91 Camaro starts only when coil wire is unplugged from distributor when I plug it back in it dies already changed plugs wires cap rotor and coil
Sounds like the ignition timing is too far advanced (early) if I had to take a blind guess .

The reason I say that is because unplugging the coil wire like your doing is adding all the more gap for the spark to jump , with the net result of delaying (or retarding if you will) the actual time in the cycle where the plug lights the fire .

Try retarding (late , delaying) the distributor timing somewhat and see if it'll run with the wire plugged back in . If so , next do the proper timing procedure where you unplug the advance line and set the base timing , and see if it still runs with the coil plugged back in .
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Old Dec 20, 2016 | 03:53 PM
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Re: Need help 91 Camaro RS

SO you are saying when you have no coil wire from the coil to the top of the dizzy and it runs????? Now im confused....
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Old Dec 20, 2016 | 05:47 PM
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Re: Need help 91 Camaro RS

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SO you are saying when you have no coil wire from the coil to the top of the dizzy and it runs????? Now im confused....
I was taking his post to mean that he has the wire slightly pulled out , but still close enough for the spark to jump the gap . If he meant that it ran with the wire far enough away for there to be no connection whatsoever then yea , he'd need an Exorcist rather than any possible advice we could give him ...
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