Hi Kitty -

After looking at the car in the parking lot at work, I found one of the engine harnesses to be complete junk. The bullet connectors were basically completely loose on the female side of the connector which houses the blue and red/white wires that go to both coil leads, as well as the ground for the power stage and both knock sensor wires.

I was able to "wiggle" the connector and the car started right up. I drove it home, and while it was idling, I touched the connector again and it stalled immediately.

For now, I pushed the female side of the bullet connectors thru the plastic harness connector, and connected them to their male counterparts on the male connector side, and then slid the plastic connector back over them and clicked it in. The car has been running fine since, and for a more permanent fix I was able to order a new connector with wires from Dave Barton.

Although, would it be better/is there any con to just cutting the plastic harness connectors out of the car all together and wiring the wires directly together? Just trying to think about why these harness connectors exist in the first place, when it seems like all they can do is make things worse.

Agreed +1 with what Kitty said. The red-white wire connects to the tachometer, ign coil and ign module (located near left inner fender). Inspect the ign module for dried heat paste/silicone paste. Overheated ign module could cause temporary no spark.

Amarin.