Date:         Thu, 5 Sep 2002 21:53:39 -0700
Reply-To:     Doktor Tim <doktortim@ROCKISLAND.COM>
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From:         Doktor Tim <doktortim@ROCKISLAND.COM>
Subject:      Re: Van turns but won't fire
Comments: To: Gerry Rafferty <gpr146@TELUS.NET>
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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.