so i was doing an ewp in my car and decided to change the cap and rotor, so i ordered the msd one, while taking the old one off, i took off the opti part as well thinking that back plastic piece of the cap was part of it or something, well when i took it off that center section spun on me a little bit. i reinstalled the new cap and rotor and plugged it in real quick and then tried starting the engine to make sure it worked. The car started seeemed like the timing was off and then stalled, tried starting again and won't start.

Has anyone ran into this problem before? I am a tech at chrysler so im not used to working with opti spark, how would i adjust timing on this car or would it be something else that i am missing here?

 

If you took the opti completly off, you must put it back on with it oriented correctly to the dowel pin of the cam.

 

that picture is the back of the opti correct? i will take a look at that later.. i hope its something that simple

 

Yeah, that's the back. If you took the opti off and that picture is unfamiliar to you, then incorrect orientation is likely your problem.

 

ok i pulled the opti back and reinstalled it according to that picture, it lookede to me as if it was already in the right way, i am going to try cranking it in a few hours when i go back to the shop, any easy way to know if the opti is the issue here? i have to try and have the car done today so any suggestions would be nice.

 

ok tried starting it and still nothing seemed like it kinda wanted to fire but just stumbled and didn't.

 

ok fixed it, found timing to be 180 off, started it up and works fine.