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"You say the spark is fine, (nice and bluish white).  Best checked in darker situations."
 
 Where am I supposed to be looking for this bluish/white fire? Is the engine supposed to be running for this? is it supposed to be up to temp.. do i take the cap off and look in it while someone spins the motor?

Quote from: jcassity;277463

"You say the spark is fine, (nice and bluish white).  Best checked in darker situations."
 
 Where am I supposed to be looking for this bluish/white fire? Is the engine supposed to be running for this? is it supposed to be up to temp.. do i take the cap off and look in it while someone spins the motor?

your spark plug he means, he means your spark plugs should be firing a bluish white spark. yes, your motor should be running for this:P
you could rent a calibrated igniton tester, free at autohole(deposit)
i never do the old "touch the motor with the spark plug" test.

pulling the distributor requires you to punch out the pin holding the gear on(which you should replace if you do) to remove the shaft inorder to gain access to the PIP sensor.  maybe this method is easier for you but i didnt have a timing light(i do it all by feel/sound) so i would like to pull the distributor as little as possible. plus it was less likely i would mess up the rubber o ring for the shaft.

Quote from: jcassity;277463

"You say the spark is fine, (nice and bluish white).  Best checked in darker situations."
 
 Where am I supposed to be looking for this bluish/white fire? Is the engine supposed to be running for this? is it supposed to be up to temp.. do i take the cap off and look in it while someone spins the motor?

I unplug an easy plug to get to
stuff an old plug into the boot
lay the boot up on the strut tower
unplug fuel pump relay back in the trunk
this will prevent fuel delivery while doing the next step
make sure spark plug is just touching the strut tower

reach in window and crank engine
if your outside, its easy to see the bluish white spark at night, or kill lights in garage.


for the stator replacement,, ducttape91 is right.........

with a marker
mark the dizzy housing directly across from where rotor button is pointing.
this prevents you from having to do top dead center number 1 steps
remove dizzy hold down bolt / clamp on engine.
plull up on dizzy housing and jiggle rotor button to help it out as the center shaft rotates as you lift.
**CAUTION,, its likely your oil pump shaft will stay in the engine if the dizzy has not been removed before.
If the hex shaped long shaft comes out with the dizzy, let us know.
remove dizzy
punch out the roll pin holding the dizzy gear
good luck getting gear off (i have one method that works every time although its controversial sp?)
once the gear is off, pull center dizzy shaft out
remove two bolts holding stator
install new stator
put dizzy back together
Insure you mark your dizzy gear to shaft.
the roll pin hole is not installed perfectly center and can go in backwards
once the gear is on, drop the dizzy in and reset timing.