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Old 12-19-2008, 10:06 AM   #10
Moonzuk
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Re: 95 Neon Starting problem

Thanks denisond,

U're right. The brake switch has gone, replaced, lights are ok. Tested starter at Advanced Auto - they "suggested" to change cos someone(?) re-assembled it(???), obviously before me.

Ok, $167. No start, receiving 43 code. Ok, pulled to mechanics (very friendly), they said that #4 has no pressure and suggested that I installed timing belt on wrong marks.
Ok, push the thing back into garage, opened and ... (yes, someone may call me some names - I deserved). What happened is that (again) someone before me painted white marks on both pulleys so when I was installing I did not pay close attention to manufactured embedding marks but aligned everything to these painted marks.

So took both pulleys under the lights and see these marks. Ok, putted back together, rotated 6-... times - all manufactured marks are finally aligned accordingly. The missing point in a book was that when you counterclockwising the crank pulley 3 notches BTDC and then back it 1/2 BTDC is for A REASON. But Christler did not explained why.
So being stupid or not I figured when you place the belt teethes it became loose in between waterpump and cam pulley or waterpump and crank pulley. No matter how many times one will shift the belt on pulley's teeth it will be always loos just a bit. Then manual simply says: to adjust some loose rotate clockwise to tension the belt.

Ok, and finally they said to keep all the marks aligned.
Sorry, aligned to "mark-to-mark" or align to that last step with 1/2 BTDC???

Again, may be it is me only but I am in UI Design for 9 years but this explanation is very confusing.

I've had almost deeply sexual satisfaction by rotating crank pulley and checking how these marks are aligned over and over again.
They recommended 6 full cycles, so I did about 12-14 and hardly stopped in tears. They still up their marks!!!

Placed the battery, wire to my truck (in case) and turned ignition ON ...
Sweet Lord Multifaced Blue Krishna!!!
I received an error 37.
Pull battery out, disconnected fans, re-connected fans, ignition - ON, ... error 42. I've replaced both relays (fuel pump and ADS), it still showing error 42. All fuses are ok.:banghe ad:

If there is a God, he is a witness, I am law-obaiding citizen, never burned a cross, never humiliated drunk zen-buddist monk, always dancing the right dances on corresponding moon fazes, never ..., well He knows all of that....
I start thinking of some pieceful places somewhere deep in Vietnam or Malaisia where no roads and/or no Dodge Neons'95 at least for sure to relocate ...

My next step would be to call "DeLaila" radio host to talk me out of that nice manila rope and polished stenley still hook that so friendly stick out of my garage ceiling ...

Is anybody out there to help?
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