Check to see if the low tension wire has shorted out on the base of the
distributor. worth a try.
tom
> [Original Message]
> From: Peter Ryner <pryner@verizon.net>
> To: <Editorgary@aol.com>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 8/28/04 5:20:50 PM
> Subject: RE: Tests for coil operation
>
> Have you checked the HT coil wire? Pull the coil wire from the center of
> the coil and attach a timing light to the center of the coil. If you
don't
> have a timing light you can take a known good plug wire, plug one end into
> the coil and place the other end close to a ground. You should get a
> light/spark. If there is still no spark, the coil is probably bad. Did
you
> hook up the small wires correctly? If they are reversed, the coil won't
> work either.
> Pete
>
>
> My friend Nick Klein had his BJ8 quit on him a block from his house two
> weeks
> ago, and he can't get it to start again. He gets power to the coil -- so
> everything including points is working up to that point-- but no power is
> flowing
> back to the distributor, so no spark. He swapped the coil with another he
> had
> around, but with no luck.
> What test(s) are suggested to determine if a coil is bad? Could it be
> possible that both coils were bad, or is there some other potential
culprit?
> (as one
> possibility, I suggested disconnecting black/white wire from battery
> disconnect/ground at point where it is connected from chassis harness to
> main harness,
> but he hasn't tried that yet.)
> Cheers
> Gary
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