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Problems with 914 2.0 ignition, 123igntion doesn work |
sebastian-914fan |
Aug 24 2013, 02:14 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 4-April 05 From: Germany, Mainz Member No.: 3,868 |
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 Attached thumbnail(s) |
SLITS |
Aug 25 2013, 08:48 AM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None |
What bothers me is that on the initial installation is that the ground wire (black) was not hooked up. I don't see how the LED could blink as the circuit was not complete.
On the second try, the wire was hooked up but no spark. Is it possible that the module fried because of this. Just a thought |
Spoke |
Aug 25 2013, 12:45 PM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,992 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None |
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Good to hear you got it fired up. What bothers me is that on the initial installation is that the ground wire (black) was not hooked up. I don't see how the LED could blink as the circuit was not complete. I thought the same thing that's why I asked if the timing was done on the spark wire. Apparently the distributor has an LED attached to assist static timing. The manual also has this note which is pricesless: "If after reading the instructions you are unsure of the procedure to be followed, please ask someone who knows." (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) |
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