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Starter Motor
Join Date: Jan 2011
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Hi all, my name is Bryan and I am from South Africa. I know it is bad manners to introduce yourself and ask for help in the same post so my apologies for that.
My 94 Tx5 died on me the other day and hasn't run since. It has no spark which it would seem means the ignition module? ( the distributor is turning and a cursory look showed that the cam belt is in place and turning) However, I bought a new module and still no go. It has been modified to take a generic module (not inside the distributor cap) but it was working fine so I don't think that was the problem. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Sausage Singlet NSW
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HI Bryan, Welcome to the AFF
![]() It would help if you give us some more details on the car, it's a Telstar TX5 but what engine 4 or 6 cylinder ![]() |
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Jan 2011
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Sorry it's the 2.5l V6. I will try attach a picture of the module, it's mounted on an aluminium bracket that's in turn bolted to the distributor.Photo0477.jpg
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Starter Motor
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No, it's never died on me, has had a low rev miss since I bought it though. I'm thinking it could be the alarm/immobiliser/anti-hijack system? Any ideas on ripping all that rubbish out?
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Jan 2011
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Thanks Russ. I intend taking the distributor out and and taking it to be tested before I do anything else. It's otherwise been a magic car and it was dead cheap, so it would be a pity for it to end up "free to a loving home". Will let you know how I get on.
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Any news on the dead Telstar yet
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Jan 2011
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Nothing yet, have been to busy (lazy) to even start. Think I'm gonna need to set the timing up before I pull the distributor out? So just waiting till I nave a good few hours spare to climb into it. Fortunately (or unfortunately) it's one of a couple of cars and bikes so transport is not an issue, I normally wait until they've ALL packed up before I fix one! :-D
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Jan 2011
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It's alive! Took the distributor to some guys this morning. Turns out the coil was shot and the module I had bought was wrong, so they replaced that too. Cost me R900 (South African Rands) so all in all not too painful an experience. Regarding the module (see pics), the circuit board obviously packed up previously so here in SA the guys were doing a mod where they ran wires from where the board would have been to a remote module. The guy that fixed mine said he could change mine back to standard but the chip alone is R800 so it is not really a problem to leave it, as it works fine. One problem is that there are about 5 modules that all look the same so unless you really know what you are looking for it's easy to get the wrong one (as I did) and you generally can't return electrical parts. Two pieces of advice that might be helpful, was told that dodgy plug leads are a distributor/coil killer, so always keep an eye on them. And be careful that the alternator is not overcharging as that can also wreck the coil and module. Thanks again Russ for your help.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Cheers mate, pleased to hear it's sorted
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Jan 2011
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Sorry, another question. The guy that did the distributor said I should check the charge rate and it should be around 13.8v. I'm getting 14.4 (with the headlights on bright) do you think that's a cause for concern? Thanks
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HI Bryan,
Sorry mate I've only just seen your last post, I had a bit of a search regarding the voltage and from what I could find 14.4v maximum output shouldn't be an issue. I would think that if it was causing problems with overcharging then you would probably have issues with fuses blowing, so providing that's not happening I would say it's pretty normal ![]() |
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