 Intermittant spark, Could this be my pertronix? |
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| zehrschnell914 |
 Mar 3 2004, 09:39 AM
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After all of the problems (all electrical) I've had with this car, it died on me again. Turned over and all other electrical worked (including fuel pump), but wouldn't start. Guessed no spark and had it towed home.
Next day I pulled the coil wire to check it and it had great spark. I turned the key and it fired right up. I let it run for 10 minutes then backed it out of the garage and it died again. Pulled the coil wire off and had the lovely wife (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) crank it over again and got nothing! All of the ignition components are new and I have installed a Pertronix kit. I looked for the points that came with the dizzy, but couldn't find them. Any ideas? Mike |
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zehrschnell914 Intermittant spark Mar 3 2004, 09:39 AM
McMark Could be a coil as well. Maybe the tranny ground ... Mar 3 2004, 09:42 AM zehrschnell914 Thanks Mark. I did replace the tranny ground stra... Mar 3 2004, 09:50 AM ! Put the old points back in...if it fires up it... Mar 3 2004, 10:09 AM KitCarlson Check the ground braid in the distributor.
Use an... Mar 3 2004, 10:24 AM need4speed Gremlins.
It's gotta be those damn Gremlins.
... Mar 3 2004, 10:40 AM zehrschnell914 Thanks Kit, I'll check that too. Need4speed, ... Mar 3 2004, 12:07 PM J P Stein Failure mode for a coil is just like this.
Start t... Mar 3 2004, 02:44 PM KitCarlson Need4speed,
Yes that's it. The extra ground in... Mar 3 2004, 04:48 PM mike_the_man Kit, I have a feeling as soon as you set a price a... Mar 3 2004, 04:53 PM Racer Chris In my experience the Pertronix either works or it ... Mar 3 2004, 05:16 PM KitCarlson Mike,
Thanks! I needed a comment like that... Mar 3 2004, 05:17 PM anthony QUOTE
McMark I have installed 3 or 4 Pertronix over the last si... Mar 3 2004, 07:59 PM anthony Did you put them into a 2L distributor? There is n... Mar 3 2004, 08:04 PM McMark Yes, but as far as I know the distributor housing ... Mar 3 2004, 08:20 PM zehrschnell914 Ok, here's the update:
I checked the ground s... Mar 3 2004, 11:21 PM McMark More likely a pertronix than a coil. The only tes... Mar 3 2004, 11:25 PM zehrschnell914 QUOTE
McMark Aha! The story gets interesting. Burned wire... Mar 3 2004, 11:47 PM zehrschnell914 I ran new wires (same guage). It was the red/yell... Mar 3 2004, 11:58 PM
zehrschnell914 Thanks to everyone who helped with this. It was t... Mar 8 2004, 01:59 AM  |
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