[DMCForum] Listening to the car

["cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As Dave says, "listen to the car, it will tell you what's wrong".

The reason these problems kick my a$$, is because I don't 
speak "car". :) I'm just not intuitive, or even very smart so I have 
to do everything the hard way.

I'm still thinking something is wrong with my timing advance, so in 
keeping with my written plan, my next battery of tests will include:

1. Using a different vacuum source to supply vacuum to the advance 
solenoid.
2. Buy a vac pump/gauge to measure amount of vacuum being applied by 
the solenoid.
3. Using the vac gauge/pump to apply vacuum to the distributor and 
measuring the amount of vacuum applied vs. the amount of advance it 
gives me and comparing that to the values called out in the manual.
4. Double-check the wiring from the idle microswitch that also 
activates the solenoid.

Currently, the theory I'm trying to test is that the centrifugal 
advance is ok, but the vacuum advance doesn't happen, or that it's 
weak, due either to weak vacuum, or advance malfunction within the 
distributor.

My vac advance solenoid broke around March, (a contact snapped off) 
but I've had the same problem before and after I replaced it so I 
know that's not the problem.

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