The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Hotspark ignition conversion 1800

posted by  Royo on  Wed Feb 21 14:54 CST 2007
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Thu Jul 19 04:12 CST 2007
[RELATED]

The older Volvos had an armored primary ignition circuit, supposedly to deter hotwiring the car. The positive terminal of the coil is in this armor covering on the bottom of the coil. Pertronix has an additional diode or something to work around this problem. I'm not familiar with Hotspark and how you could wire it in an older car with armored ignition. My 1800's coil failed and you won't believe what the price is even for a used one. You have to buy the coil and ignition switch together as a unit. I've seen them as high as $525.00. Ridiculous. What I did was to replace all that with a Bosch blue coil and a good quality generic ignition switch from a speed shop. It works perfectly. My tach even works. That might be another problem that Hotspark hasn't addressed. I hope you can find a workaround for the ignition you purchased.

--
Roy Olson






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.