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Old 05-21-2025, 04:46 PM   #1
wheeliemammoth
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Electrical Gremlins.

I've been sort of stuck for a while with this bagged square, have not had time to dedicate to it, and I've honestly bit off more than I can chew with making my own two-link, panhard, etc. Having an issue with a transmission leak- I mean, ALL of my fluid drains so I have to chase that ghost but we'll leave that to a different day. Might be a loose pan bolt from when I added the bracket for the B&M shifter. Don't see any holes or damage to the pan.

Pulled it out of the garage, ran it long enough for the OBA York to build up pressure for a few up and down cycles and turned it off. Realized that neither window would roll down (I have not tried to roll down the power windows in a few years) so I put the key into AUX to try again and it got stuck. Like, bad stuck. Now it is binding at every step of the key turning phase, I have to forcefully stop the starter from spinning by turning the key, no spring back. But now, I also have no spark. The starter will spin, I have gas and am flooding it with my attempts to start. But no spark. Prior to all of this I think there were two or three times where I would turn the key to start and have to back it off slightly to have it engage, but I'm not sure if starter engagement is linked to spark.

***When I was backing it out of the garage, I caught the portion of the wiring loom that runs from the firewall to the driver side marker and headlights with the tire and yanked it out of the connection prongs at the lights. But I was able to start it multiple times after that with no issue, so I doubt it is a problem with damaging the engine bay side of the fuse block.

If the starter is engaging, then the issue with the ignition switch sticking should not be restricting spark, right?

Could I have cooked the ignition control module?

Any other thoughts as to what this is, based on the timeline above? I have another dist with a module that came from a working 305, just wanted to dig a bit before getting into things.
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