Helping a friends dead SE-R

[Wayne Cox]

At 04:57 AM 7/21/2002 -0500, Christopher Seabert wrote:
>took off #4 spark plug wire out and it was stuck. Then pulled it really
>hard and it came out but it came apart. What I mean is that you know the
>rubber round part on the bottom part .... now we have to take off the
>valve cover and start cutting away at the rubber part and try to take it
>out piece by piece

I'd try to avoid removing the valve cover.  It's a PITA and you risk
getting chunks of plug boot and other dirt inside your engine.  You can
probably get it out with a long needle-nose pliers.

>also have read the 92 SE-Rs had a fuel pump recall. So got to check that
>too.  Last but no least someone said it could be a blown rocker arm. I guess
>we will know when we take the valve cover off.

The fuel pump problem *probably* would have bitten you on the arse by now
if it hasn't been changed.  There should be a silver sticker on the
underside of the hood and on the access cover to the fuel pump if it's been
done.

I doubt the rocker arm thing, too.  It would probably try to start and
maybe run, but you'd hear nasty noises under the hood.  Was it running OK
when it was shut off?

>So we just wondering if anyone else had any other suggestions to what else
>could cause a no start problem---engine just keeps cranking.

I once had the screw holding the distributor rotor to the shaft fall out,
so the rotor was spinning on the shaft.  The plugs were sparking, but
nowhere near to the correct time!

I scanned the TSB about starting problems, and sent it to your separately.

   -Wayne Bob