Date:         Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:50:05 -0500
Reply-To:     Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
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From:         Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
Subject:      Re: bad hall control unit = no spark?
Comments: To: jeff kennedy <kennedy@THERIVER.COM>
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Jeff

check your wires between the module and the distributor for continuity.
are you still using the digital idle stablier?  if so i would check that
out per bentley or jumper the two plugs together.  the hall unit in the
distributor is just a switch that switches the power that goes to it.  if
you were to have power to the hall plug at the distributor then you could
check the switching of the hall unit buy cranking the engine by hand and
watching the voltage on a meter.  that test is in the bentley also.  also
remove the rubber boots from all connectors and examine the condition of
the wires and the crimps right before the go into the plastic connector
housing.  this is where i have seen the most failures.

jonathan

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, jeff kennedy wrote:

> I finally got around to replacing a fuel line that had been bothering me
> last night, it turned out to be a huge project on my Tiico (don't ask).
> My problem now, is that it won't start. It seems that I don't have any
> spark. Would a bad hall control unit cause this? The tiico reuses the
> original digijet one, mine is the telefunken type, original to the van I
> think. Its got 12V to terminal 1 and 15, but nothing on the distributor
> end of the plug wire. Any other ideas? The ECU reports no fault codes,
> everything else seems normal..
>
> Thanks,
>  Jeff
> 1984 Westy
>
>
>