Date:         Mon, 1 Dec 2014 15:06:49 -0800
Reply-To:     Steve Williams <sbw@SBW.ORG>
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From:         Steve Williams <sbw@SBW.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
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I replaced the coil, rotor, and the wire from the coil to the
distributor.  Still no start.

I got a new distributor cap, but I didn't replace the cap, because I
didn't want to take the time to replace the spark plug wires right now,
and the new cap is the no-pins type, whereas the old cap has pins.  The
wire from the coil appears to work fine with the pin, but I wasn't
certain the old wires work with the no-pin cap.

The new coil measured 3.9K ohms.

Verified the wire from the coil sparks when placed near the engine block.

AAA had it towed to a shop here in town.  I'll let you know what they
find out.

On 11/30/2014 4:25 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> For the replacement coil it has to be the correct one, no universal stuff.

It's a Bosch.  Same part number as on GoWesty's web site, for what it's
worth.

> You will get some sticker shock.

It wasn't bad.  The NAPA auto parts store down in Napa (heh) charged me
only a little more than GoWesty's price.  Of course, it was a 30-mile
round trip to pick them up.