Bizarre SE-R Problem

[Caplax40]

I've been working on a '92 SE-R for a little while now. Here's the newest issue, and it's baffling:

I had the car up on ramps to clean out the throttle body and got the speedo cable all nice and hooked up. I fired up the car, and it ran beautifully and kept it on till it warmed up to normal running temps.

So I decided to take it for a test drive to make sure that the speedometer worked. I turned off the car, ran and got my jacket and then fired her back up and rolled it off the rampstands. And it just died.

So I thought maybe it was a fuel problem. I hadn't filled it up since before the new engine was installed, so I added two gallons of gas. No go. It cranks, but won't turn over. Fuel pump is working. I don't get it.

Any ideas?

[RED_DET]

Are you positive the fuel pump is working? If so, then it might be an ecu problem. Had it happen to me.

[Caplax40]

Yeah I have spark and there's fuel to the plugs. We fiddled around with it for awhile and I believe there's a faulty wire running from the distributor to the engine. Not sure what that exact part is, but it's a short wire, similar to a spark plug wire. As I had my friend crank the engine I fiddled with the plug wires and pretty much any wire near there and that seemed to have the most effect on the car. I'm headed to the autozone later today to get a replacement. I'll keep you posted.

Thanks!

[RED_DET]

Its your coil wire. The wire itself might not be bad, it could be the coil too.