That might be the reverse light wire. It has to go to coil (+) 15.appetite wrote: ↑Sat Jun 09, 2018 3:14 pmThe thrill of victory! The agony of defeat...
Victory:
I can't believe it it, but I got everything reassembled. I reverse engineered everything I took apart, and it all went smoothly. I had to use those thick shims on the fan hub, because I think the hub is longer than others I've seen when searching around for examples. No rubbing when I had spun the fan, no rubbing when I spun it by hand in the fan shroud, and the alternator pulley lined up with the crankshaft pulley.
Defeat:
Of course the bus will not start. It tries to turn over, to no avail. I think fuel is getting to the carb (I can smell it). It cranks and cranks but never catches. So I don't know whether all of this this was for naught.
There was a mystery black wire that must of fell off of something as I was wrestling parts. I hooked up to the coil because it was long enough and angled in such a way that made me believe that's where it came off of. That might have been a mistake. On the first attempt to start-up, there was a noxious smell and that wire got hot to the touch. I removed it, and will need to trace it out of the firewall to see where it originates.
I'm going to step back and reassess. Could I have fried the coil? Would that even effect start-up?
If anyone has any ideas, let me know.
Good Luck, must run to appointment!
Colin