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| drbill |
 May 18 2014, 04:17 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 58 Joined: 12-March 14 From: Fort Mill, SC Member No.: 17,110 Region Association: None  |
Well, I decided to do a major service on this car. 1974 2.0. I've adjusted the valves, replaced the spark plugs NGK BP5ES, gapped to 0.028, replaced the distributor cap, rotor, spark plug wires and installed a Pertronix ignitor.
I've double checked to make sure HT leads attached for proper firing order, battery is charged. I removed #4 plug wire and plug to check for spark: got spark. Any help? What's a logical sequence to troubleshoot? Thanks, Bill (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) |
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| 0396 |
May 18 2014, 06:53 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,046 Joined: 13-October 03 From: L.A. Calif Member No.: 1,245 Region Association: Southern California |
Great info I can come back to when the day comes time for my upgrade.
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| Cap'n Krusty |
May 18 2014, 08:01 PM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
QUOTE(396 @ May 18 2014, 05:53 PM)  Great info I can come back to when the day comes time for my upgrade. "Upgrade". A BS word, grossly over-and mis-used. No way a "Pertronix" is an "upgrade". Be sure you keep a set of points and a condenser in your glovebox. The Cap'n |
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| ClayPerrine |
May 18 2014, 09:52 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 16,319 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille 
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QUOTE(Cap'n Krusty @ May 18 2014, 09:01 PM) "Upgrade". A BS word, grossly over-and mis-used. No way a "Pertronix" is an "upgrade". Be sure you keep a set of points and a condenser in your glovebox. The Cap'n Cap'n, 99% of the time we agree, but this is one where we don't. I have installed Pertronix systems in many cars, and the only failure I ever had was when I accidentally reversed the positive and negative wires on the coil. That fried the Pertronix. The rest are still running strong. The one in Betty's car has close to 12 years on it, and it never hiccuped. My car has one running in it since I got the six running. It triggers the factory CD box, and it works great too. On the other hand, I can't count the number of times I had to re-gap points on the side of the road because the breaker plate was worn and that let the points slip. It cost me a first place in class at an AX years ago when the points closed up oin the middle of my run. Got a Pertronix and never looked back. Betty used to be able to do it in heels and a dress when coming from work. |
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drbill No start/pertronix May 18 2014, 04:17 PM
Mike Bellis Try turning the distributor. If you have spark and... May 18 2014, 05:28 PM Mblizzard Did you use the correct spacing between the module... May 18 2014, 05:56 PM drbill I used the spacer that Pertronix provided. 0.030 I... May 18 2014, 06:10 PM
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I used the spacer that Pertronix provided. 0.030 ... May 18 2014, 06:17 PM stugray You can still do the static timing method with the... May 18 2014, 06:47 PM Rand
Great info I can come back to when the day come... May 18 2014, 08:09 PM drbill Thanks, guys. I did double check the connections f... May 18 2014, 07:08 PM Rand Spark, fuel, compression, timing...... May 18 2014, 08:11 PM Dave_Darling Fuel smell at the tailpipe after cranking the star... May 18 2014, 08:47 PM Cap'n Krusty Something must be wrong with me, Clay. Over the y... May 18 2014, 10:48 PM Bartlett 914
Something must be wrong with me, Clay. Over the ... May 19 2014, 05:50 AM shuie Make sure you did not flip the +\- leads on t... May 19 2014, 05:47 AM Philip W.
Something must be wrong with me, Clay. Over the... May 19 2014, 06:34 AM Java2570 I think the Hot Spark is a Chinese knock off but i... May 19 2014, 07:25 AM drbill
I think the Hot Spark is a Chinese knock off but ... May 19 2014, 10:23 PM Mblizzard
I think the Hot Spark is a Chinese knock off but... May 20 2014, 01:01 AM drbill Thanks Mike. The HT leads are attached in the righ... May 20 2014, 05:27 AM Mblizzard I am not sure that the 12 degrees of the shaft lin... May 20 2014, 05:53 AM drbill Starting problem solved! I left it alone for a... May 21 2014, 10:03 PM The Cabinetmaker Decel valve has absolutely nothing to do with idle... May 22 2014, 05:17 AM r_towle does the screw that holds down the petronix unit g... May 22 2014, 06:13 AM |
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