Problems with 914 2.0 ignition, 123igntion doesn work Options

[sebastian-914fan]

Hello,

after over 5 years of restauration for my 914 2.0 1973 the car is on the Road of germany again. I think it is very nice but I had to do much on the engine and the injection.

So now i want to improve the ignition and bought an 123ignition distributor. It is also available for cars with injection now.
So yesterday i installed the distributor, connected the red cable of the distributor with the new ignition coil checked the ignition with the timing LED, then connected the black wire with the igniton Coil, installed the cap, the cables and everything and tried to start the engine. But the engine did not start and there is no spark. Seems the engine gets fuel but no spark.
Now i reinstalled the old 009 distributor and the engine starts easily.
I posted my problem in the Forum of 123igniton and someone told me, that the ignition switch could be the problem and i should connect the distributor direct with 12v power source.
I guess i can take these 12v direct from the battery + instead of the ignition coil or am i wrong?

Are there any othe tips you may have for me?

Hope my english is not too bad and my new ignition will work like an new in the next days.
Thanks for help! :-)

Greetings from germany

[sebastian-914fan]

Hello and thanks for your help,

i will measure the voltage today.
I installed a new coil (Bosch blue coil) i bought with the distributor. But the car doesnt start with the old coil either. The old distributor works with the new and the old coil without problems.
I checked every connection nearly twenty times (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

The LED timing light sits in the distributor.
So after i installed the distributor i connected the white and the yellow wire to the injection, the red wire to the coil but did not wire the black cable to the coil, switched on the ignition checked the timing light. When I turn the distributor the led turns on and off and when it turns on, the fuel pump begins to pump (i can hear that). So after I checked the LED i turn off the ignition, fix the distributor, put the rotor on, the cap, the cables, then I wire the black cable to the ignition coil . Then I tried to start the engine but it did not start. I checked everything but the engine still did not start and after I took a spark plug out of the ylinder put it back in the ignition cable and placed it on the engine, there still had not been any spark while starting the engine.
The same test with the old distributor and engine startet and the spark at the spark plug was good to see.

I guess i wired everything correctly.

I guess the engine gets fuel because I could smell the fuel more and more while trying to start the engine.


Thanks for help

Sebastian