Re: [Tech] ...No Spark at Coil

[frank jones <fish26133@yahoo.com>]

 I have seem the capacitor on the points type
distributor short out causing the points not 
to fire.
      Good luck, Frank
--- "John C. Worden" <scirocco@powerlink.net> wrote:
> At 09:19 PM 2/19/01 -0500, S.Coleman wrote:
> >OK guys,...I'm going to throw this out to you all
> and see what happens.
> >Here is my problem.   The car is a 1978 with CIS. 
> What I have for sure is
> >no spark coming from the center tower of the coil. 
> I hooked up my timing
> >light today and noticed no spark at the plugs,...so
> I hooked it up to the
> >wire going from the coil to the
> distributor........still no spark showed.
> >Where do I trace this thing from here?  I really
> need this car running so
> >that I can pull this motor out.  From what I can
> tell,...the wires on the
> >coil are hooked up properly,....anyone?  anyone?
> 
> 
> Have you checked the points?  That would be one of
> the first places I would
> look.  I'm assuming that this is an original
> ignition with points.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
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