74 2.0 F.I. NO spark, Ran before new battery Options

[Nemisus]

So I am stumped. When I took delivery of my newly acquired 74 914 the car would start up just fine with a jump box.

I went out and bought a new battery and now I have no spark... at lest from I can tell doing the simple spark tests I have done.

I just did an Ohms test on my Ignition coil and here is what I got

Primary: 1.4
Secondary: 10.41

Per the Pelican Technical Article I should see readings like this:

primary coil winding's should give a reading of 0.3-0.6 ohms. Secondary coils should be near 600 ohms.

If I understand my results I am significantly higher than where I should be? But does that mean my coil is is the cause of no spark.

The only thing I changed was a busted fuel line and put in a new battery... Now the car will not start.

Any ideas on where else to look?

Thanks in advance

Cheers

Nem

[Nemisus]

Are you anywhere near Sonoma? If so, maybe take the car over to Mark at Original Customs and have him give the car the once over.

Actually I am not far from Sonoma at all. 30 mins maybe? I'm just off Calistoga Rd in Rincon Valley. I may have to look Mark up and get some insight.

NO 1st gear at all. Goes into 1st well enough, but as soon as the clutch is released it grinds its self out of hear.... any ideas on that one? Is 1st gone?

It's gone. Likely due to years of chronic mis-adjusted clutch cables. It can be fixed without removing the transmission from the engine.

http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/9...anny_repair.htm

--DD

I have still not tried manually placing the car in first.... But I have messed around with the adjustment to where I had R, 1, 2 and 3... no 4th and 5th. I might be in luck.. but I feel that this car is going to see a lot of restoration and it wouldn't hurt to have a fresh 1st gear.

another quick question I have...

I put a brand new set of Bosch Super Plats, properly gaped of course and I could not get it to run... Put the old NGK plugs back in it.. which are gaped at .31 and it runs pretty good.

any ideas on that?

Appreciate the feedback!