Turns over but won't cold start. Starts easily with push start.

[Ondonti]

My Spirit has been being weird recently. It had been failing to start and I would have to key off and key on again to get it to fire up. It would usually not even catch the first attempt and if I did not turn it over very long, it would kick and start right away on the 2nd attempt.

I recently rewired the passenger wiring harness and I know the distributor connector was damaged previously and I had to do a repair on it.

Wondering if somehow the current going through the starter is screwing with the signal from the distributor. Since the motor does not seem to be flooding, I am thinking that the the distributor signal is screwing up.
Today was the first time it would not start at all when cold. Had to push start to get to work and push start to get home. Motor starts fine when warm.

Have not really trouble shot this issue since its happened at very inconvenient times.

Not sure how to check distributor signal except to see if the spark is firing.

I will inspect that connector just in case. Getting home from work at 1:30 AM is awesome for trouble shooting a starting issue in a loud car.

(I originally thought the motor was just flooding because I had up'd the fuel pressure a bit. I brought it back down and no change. Motor fires up too easy on a push start or when it actually catches. It doesn't stumble then fire it just lights up.)