Originally Posted by 65cayne
Finally got the engine and wiring back together. Tried to fire it, no power to the coil. Everything looked okay (I thought) prior to putting the juice to it. So I look at the diagram and run a jumper from the +coil to the "I" terminal on the fender mounted solenoid. The engine fires right up.
Head lights on, engine warms up and starts smoking from the PS exhaust manifold. Burning off residual oil I assume but we will shut it down to make sure...turn off key, remove key, engine still purring away. BTW the valve train sounds great, engine sounds great, etc...I yank of the coil wire and kill the motor while we assess what just happened.
Fire it up again and pull it in the garage for the night (getting late anyway) and this time the engine dies when the key is off. What's different? We did not have the headlights on....start engine, turn on headlights, key will not work. Turn off head lights, then turn off key, engine dies. It will start without the headlights on (lights not feeding coil).
So, still a glitch in the wiring somewheres. The harness on both sides of the firewall has been badly "cobbed" up so no telling what the problem is. That's all for now.