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Re: MGA won't start

To: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
Subject: Re: MGA won't start
From: Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@huntnet.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 19:47:00 -0500
Look at the dizzy.  You can have power to the coil but no spark because no
trigger.  Points?  John

Art Pfenninger wrote:

> My neighbors MGA all of a sudden won't start. Thinking this would be an
> easy fix I jumped right in but found a strange problem. No spark is
> coming from the coil yet the coil is getting 11.5 volts. I know it should
> be higher but there still should be a spark. Thinking that the coil wire
> might be bad I stuck a screw driver into the tower and used a jumper wire
> but still no spark. I then put another coil on and tried everything again
> but still no spark. So, two coils both getting power to the - side(car is
> still positive ground) but no spark from the coil wire or from a screw
> driver stuck in. Any suggestions??
> ...Art




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