Re: No spark from coil

Posted by Jim Ledbetter on August 04, 1998 at 16:00:32

In Reply to: No spark from coil
posted by T R on August 04, 1998 at 15:28:01

: After flushing the radiator on my 1930 Tudor I drained the rusty cleaner and water from the engine, filled the radiator with fresh water and fired up the engine - nothing.The car was running fine until I turned it off to change the water but wouldn't start up again.I checked for the presence of electricity at the terminal block, both poles on the coil, the starter andat the cut out.They eachshowed 6 volts but I couldn't get a spark from the high tension wire coming from the coil going into the distributor.Turning on the key and taking off the top of the distibuter to open the points with a screw driver again showed no spark.Being "electrically challenged "I am now at a loss as to the solutionto this little roadblock.Anyone have any suggestions?Thanks.
Since you have 6 volts on both side of the coil, you have an open between the coil and ground.Probably the points got wet and are not conducting.Make sure you have 6 volts at the points with them open, and 0 volts with them closed.If 6 volts on both sides with them closed, you must have a bad connection between the distributor and the engine block.
Jim

Follow Ups:
Re: No spark from coil Bryan Nieman August 05, 1998 at 15:06:32(2)
Re: No spark from coil John F. Regan August 05, 1998 at 15:28:52(1)
Re: No spark from coil Doug Linden August 06, 1998 at 11:54:38(0)

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