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SSTEF and B21A drivers 200

posted by  RLC on  Thu Feb 10 03:08 CST 2005
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Hello all,

A follow up to my B21A JFU4 Distributor Conversion to B21E JGFU4 electronic. It worked well for two weeks, without fail. I actually improved mileage. Yesterday, I needed to make photocopies, 5 minutes away. Should have walked, but it was threatening rain. After I made my photocopies, the car would not start with dynamite! I did the usual checks, Air, Fuel, Spark. I noticed the B21E distributor provided a yellowish piss-weak spark, when I pulled #1 Spark Plug. Usually, when one just pulls the #1 Spark Plug wire it will make a popping sound and spark from the end of the Spark Plug Wire to the Valve Cover. Mine didn't. That's when I decided to check it with the Spark Plug removed.

I had a spare control module, spark plugs, ballast resitor, coil. Nothing seemed to make any difference. Does anyone have any clues. Could the Induction Coil, inside the Distributor cause a weak spark?

Believe it or not, I installed the OEM B21A Coil, Resistor, and Distributor, set at TDC, and it started right up. Unbelievable.

I checked the Ballast Resistor and Coil, against the specs and they seemed ok.






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