At 09:05 PM 09/05/2002, you wrote: >Took high tension lead off distributor,held to eng,turned the key,eng >turns but NO SPARK. > >No spark means no secondary voltage,therefore no primary voltage (also >don't have a meter). >My deduction is I have the dreaded ignition switch problem. You got ahead of yourself. No spark from the cap could be: bad HT lead, cracked cap or rotor, bad coil, bad points, bad condenser, no volts to coil, broken point plate ground wire, shorting points/condenser wire. If you have electronic ignition, forget the points/condenser. Could then also be Hall sender and/or ignition module or shorting Hall sender wires. Follow Bentley diagnostics step by step to find the culprit. |
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