On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 15:08:13 UTC csirius16@hotmail.com (Bev) wrote:

> Does anyone know the location of the module that gives the signal to
> the primary winding to collapse?
>
> I have a 1989 Jeep Comanche 4 cylinder with standard transmission.

The ignition control module on my 88 is located below the relay panel
just behind the battery and should be the same on yours. Follow the
center lead from the distributor back to the coil - the ICM is located
in the same place.

--
Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>

 

Hello Bill and Will,

Thanks so much for your information; my father found it very useful.
Since the magnetic module on most vehicles is in the distributer, he
couldn't figure out where it could be located on the jeep. So far he
has replaced the camshaft and a cracked head in his attempt to bring
my jeep back to life--hopefully that will be soon.

Bev

 

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 01:19:46 UTC csirius16@hotmail.com (Bev) wrote:

> Hello Bill and Will,
>
> Thanks so much for your information; my father found it very useful.
> Since the magnetic module on most vehicles is in the distributer, he
> couldn't figure out where it could be located on the jeep. So far he
> has replaced the camshaft and a cracked head in his attempt to bring
> my jeep back to life--hopefully that will be soon.

The magnetic pickup is still in the distributor but it's used a bit
differently - just supplies #1 cylinder location to determine
camshaft/crank position reference. The Crank position is taken from
the flywheel sensor.

You sound just like my daughter - "Dad, it's broke - can you fix it"?
The unspoken end of the sentence is usually "NOW"!

--
Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>

 

"Will Honea" <whonea@codenet.net> wrote in message news:<JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-eGzd8YjpdcH7@anon.none.net>...
> On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 01:19:46 UTC csirius16@hotmail.com (Bev) wrote:
>
> > Hello Bill and Will,
> >
> > Thanks so much for your information; my father found it very useful.
> > Since the magnetic module on most vehicles is in the distributer, he
> > couldn't figure out where it could be located on the jeep. So far he
> > has replaced the camshaft and a cracked head in his attempt to bring
> > my jeep back to life--hopefully that will be soon.
>
> The magnetic pickup is still in the distributor but it's used a bit
> differently - just supplies #1 cylinder location to determine
> camshaft/crank position reference. The Crank position is taken from
> the flywheel sensor.
>
> You sound just like my daughter - "Dad, it's broke - can you fix it"?
> The unspoken end of the sentence is usually "NOW"!


Hello Will,

Thanks for clarifying--I relayed this information to my father just as
he was about to crawl under the Jeep this morning.

Oh dear, now you've activated my guilt: I don't even ask "Can you fix
it?" I just take if for granted that he can and will. For the past
year, the Jeep has needed a lot of repair work. Fortunately, my father
enjoys solving mechanical problems, and if it wasn't the Jeep, he'd be
fixing another vehicle. However, I really appreciate that he's willing
to spend so much time working on my vehicle. The only thanks he'll
accept are occasional bottles of rum.

Bev

 

Hi Bev,
Daddies like being needed by their Daughter, and my Daughter,
Jamie, standing in pictured: http://www.----------.com/thanks02.jpg asks
my advice even though she has her own family. My Son, Larry, hasn't
asked, but one question, on which distributor to use in his Chevy
conversion, then he went with points:
http://members.aol.com/Larr------/larr7103.jpg Other than to show it to
me. :-)
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Bev wrote:
>
> Hello Will,
>
> Thanks for clarifying--I relayed this information to my father just as
> he was about to crawl under the Jeep this morning.
>
> Oh dear, now you've activated my guilt: I don't even ask "Can you fix
> it?" I just take if for granted that he can and will. For the past
> year, the Jeep has needed a lot of repair work. Fortunately, my father
> enjoys solving mechanical problems, and if it wasn't the Jeep, he'd be
> fixing another vehicle. However, I really appreciate that he's willing
> to spend so much time working on my vehicle. The only thanks he'll
> accept are occasional bottles of rum.
>
> Bev

 

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 14:36:08 UTC csirius16@hotmail.com (Bev) wrote:

> Thanks for clarifying--I relayed this information to my father just as
> he was about to crawl under the Jeep this morning.
>
> Oh dear, now you've activated my guilt: I don't even ask "Can you fix
> it?" I just take if for granted that he can and will. For the past
> year, the Jeep has needed a lot of repair work. Fortunately, my father
> enjoys solving mechanical problems, and if it wasn't the Jeep, he'd be
> fixing another vehicle. However, I really appreciate that he's willing
> to spend so much time working on my vehicle. The only thanks he'll
> accept are occasional bottles of rum.

You probably missed my tale of the daughter taking an old Nissan
beater in to have the front end aligned and being told that it needed
$1000 worth of repairs (about what the thing was worth) before they
could align it. To make a long story short, it needed about $150
worth of front end parts so we got all of those and spent a Saturday
rebuilding the whole front end. I wish I had film for the camera -
there she sat: waist length blond hair stuffed into a knit cap, 4
pound hammer and a pickle fork in hand, happily pounding away at a
ball joint. At the end of the day, it was all done and working
nicely. She was going out that evening but after she showered and
dressed her mother spotted a streak of grease on one arm and a spot on
her forehead - battle scars to show off to her friends!

Crawl under and learn. You may never do it yourself again, but you'll
learn to spot a ripoff in an instant.

--
Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>

 

Happy Jeepin', Beverly.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Bev wrote:
>
> Hello Bill,
>
> My father phoned at noon and happily reported that he got the Jeep
> running (after four months of searching out problems and parts). He
> asked me to thank you and Will for taking the time to give him the
> information he needed.
>
> It's certainly true in my father's case that he likes to be needed by
> his daughter. Besides being my auto mechanic, since he retired he's
> become my carpenter, plumber, furnace repairman, and gardening
> consultant.
>
> Enjoyed the photos--that's quite a family. Is that you on the far
> right? What a great looking car your son has--I'm going to show the
> photo to my father and brothers (one is an auto mechanic and the other
> a teacher of auto mechanics, and both of them are currently fixing up
> vintage cars).
>
> Thanks again for your help.
>
> Bev

 

"Will Honea" <whonea@codenet.net> wrote in message news:<JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-vcbSTdzqW6mf@anon.none.net>...

> You probably missed my tale of the daughter taking an old Nissan
> beater in to have the front end aligned and being told that it needed
> $1000 worth of repairs (about what the thing was worth) before they
> could align it. To make a long story short, it needed about $150
> worth of front end parts so we got all of those and spent a Saturday
> rebuilding the whole front end. I wish I had film for the camera -
> there she sat: waist length blond hair stuffed into a knit cap, 4
> pound hammer and a pickle fork in hand, happily pounding away at a
> ball joint. At the end of the day, it was all done and working
> nicely. She was going out that evening but after she showered and
> dressed her mother spotted a streak of grease on one arm and a spot on
> her forehead - battle scars to show off to her friends!
>
> Crawl under and learn. You may never do it yourself again, but you'll
> learn to spot a ripoff in an instant.


Your daughter has spunk--I wish now that I had hung around when my
father was teaching my brothers how to fix vehicles; I could be doing
a lot of my own repairs. Now I watch and help him when I can and have
learned quite a bit. I don't think I could spot a ripoff yet; but when
I didn't live near my father, he would give me a list of questions to
ask the mechanic when I had a problem with the Jeep (which wasn't very
often).

Bev