Since it sounds like you have lost spark completely it is probably not
distributor cap arcing. I am sursprised how many said bad rotor, I used to
drive Lucas ignition cars for my daily drivers, about 12 years or so, all
sort of iginition components quit on me, the most common being distributor
cap arcing problems, but never a bad rotor in my hobby or daily driving.
My guess is a the small wire inside the distributor, coil wire, or
capacitator.
Good Luck!
Greg Lemon
54 BN1
----- Original Message -----
From: <Editorgary@aol.com>
To: <ynotink@qwest.net>; <Editorgary@aol.com>
Cc: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: Car stopped puzzle
> In a message dated 5/5/04 6:13:45 PM, ynotink@qwest.net writes:
>
> << The black and white ground wire terminated near the fuse box is
> intriguing. I thought that wire ran from the coil to the power cut-off
> switch in the boot. >>
>
> The black-white wire does connect the coil to the cut-off switch; it
doesn't
> terminate at the fuse box -- it has a visible link (male/female/male) from
the
> engine wire harness to the chassis wire harness (along with about five
other
> wires) at that point -- and then goes back to the cut-out switch.
Therefore,
> theoretically, if you suspected that it was grounding out along the
chassis
> (something that can happen as the wires fray at one of the wire harness
clips,
> for example) you could bypass it by simply unfastening it at the linkage
point.
> Beats cutting it at the coil.
>
> Haven't checked the other possibilities yet, but since it's been a good
while
> since the car has had a tune-up (i.e. replacement of points, condenser and
> rotor), I figured I'd start with that, as well as putting on my
replacement
> cap/wires and see if that made a difference.
> Ignition switch is operating just fine -- when I switch it on/off, the gas
> gauge reacts -- a good test to see if power is coming through the
ignition.
> Will keep you informed.
> Cheers
> Gary
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