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No Spark.... My trouble shooting skills have been exhausted. 444-544 1962

posted by  AustinMiniMan on  Tue Sep 22 09:55 CST 2009
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Hi,

I was recently going to put an electronic ignition in my 544. I ended up having been sent the wrong kit by iPD, and after talking with them about it several times, we found out they don't make a kit to fit my distributor. I wanted to car running again, so I decided to just put the points back in. I did, and now I don't have spark. The condenser is new, and the gap is correct. I'm getting some voltage out of the coil, but only about one volt. I have hooked it up to an external coil though, and still didn't get spark at the points.

My dad claims the oil and amp light used to come on when the car's ignition was in the accessory position, but they don't any more. Not sure if this is related, but it seems it could be. So, what am I missing? I feel kind of idiotic for not being able to figure this out, but I'm sure there is something obvious I'm missing. Thanks in advance. -Ted








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    No Spark.... My trouble shooting skills have been exhausted. 444-544 1962

    posted by  runwld2 on  Tue Oct 13 09:09 CST 2009
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    The circuit is very basic.
    You should have +12 on the coil +, the other coil terminal should be connected to the points, check for continuity there. There should be +12 at the points when they are open, 0 when closed.
    I'd suspect no +12 to coil, so you should look at ignition switch wiring which goes to the coil.
    Would help if you had a wiring diagram.
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    No Spark.... My trouble shooting skills have been exhausted. 444-544 1962

    posted by  63122s on  Mon Oct 12 19:29 CST 2009
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    Try hooking up battery voltage directly to your + coil connection. If you still have no spark, make sure the hot wire to the points or condenser are not grounded in the distributor. If you have spark, work backwards til you find your problem. If the ignition switch seems to be acting different, verify your wiring is correct. Check you wiring from your started to your coil. There should be battery voltage coming starter to dist while cranking, but not after starter disengaged.







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