Leaderboard

After driving the Regal for about 3 weeks and a bit over 1000 miles I have had to do some "fine tuning". Started with an Idle Air Control, Then on to a Mass Air Flow sensor. Then yesterday I stopped in at Gibson's a local You Pick yard to get a back up battery. [This was after lunch with 2 Seater] Came out to the car and it wouldn't start. It would grind but not start. So I first checked fuel pressure, that was good. Then said to myself " Either Ignition Module or Crank Sensor". The obvious easy answer was to start with the ignition module. I know I was at Gibson's but I had a back up in the car [always carry extra parts and tools]. Had it swapped out in about 15 minutes. Hit the key and it started. I decided that I needed to do a tune up and checked my inventory of Reatta replacement parts. The Regal is a Series 2 so I knew the Delco upgrade I had done on the Reatta would give me pretty much what I needed. I checked online for spark plug wire length and plug number and checked what I had in inventory. Sure enough I had a wire set that was close in lengths and the correct number plugs [#14]. Called up Kendall [my mechanic friend] and invited myself over for a tune up party. Plugs and wires and clean up the plate under the ignition module. About an hour later the old original plug wires [in poor shape] and the old plugs [badly worn] were out and the new ones were in. Drive home was much better as the acceleration was noticeably improved.

After long term inactivity and unknown storage conditions, the first thing I would check are the battery connections, ground and B+ connections inside the plastic boxes on the passengers fender and at the engine. Each of the battery cables consists of three terminals on the other end. Then move on to the ECM and BCM connections. Simply unplug and reconnect to get a new fresh connection, terminal spray cleaner optional. Lots of those items operate on lower than system voltage so connections are everything. Of course the wiring itself is subject to damage from vermin, but start with accessible connectors.

Yeah, I'm wishing now that I had kept those wheels. I polished on those things until they looked like chrome.