(tech) the jealousy begins

[txrocco at sbcglobal.net (Patrick Bureau)]

cathy if the wire from coil to distributor provides no spark
check the wire that provide power (12v and ground ) to said coil is properly affixed.
swap another coil wire to see if the wire could be bad, and while you are at it test the resistance on teh coil.. it could be bad..

Cathy Boyko <losinit@usa.net> wrote:
Well, we all know what happens when one ignores certain Sciroccos/buys "new"
ones.
Anyway, went out to drive the headache (miserable bitchy 16V, no Drew, you
can't have it), and it started, then sputtered, then idled well for a few more
seconds, and completely died (I thought the key had been turned off, it was
very sudden). Anyway, the kid had borrowed the battery again, and the cables
were loose, snugged them down, still no fire. Ground wire from the coil to
intake was a bit loose, so it got snugged up, and still nothing. The battery
has a good charge (12.78V), it's cranking fast enough to do the job. Good gas
smell from the exhaust. Further inspection revealed no spark from either the
plug wires, or the one on the centre of the distributor from the coil. I went
to look at the Bentley at this point, and recalled that someone
borrowed it at Cincy, and will be using the grey MkII one till I get it back.
So what's the next most likely candidate? The Hall sender is less than a year
old, but it wouldn't cause the no spark on the centre wire anyway, right?

So is the coil a likely candidate? (do they die suddenly or gradually?)It's
original to the car. And if so, will the one from the poor 80 work? (that car
starts and runs...)

The other complicatng factor is it has a Clifford ignition disable, but I
don't think it would crank at all if it was the problem, somebody familiar
with auto security can confirm/deny this.

Anyway, I await your input, I really don't have time to dick with it anyway,
but if it's an easy thing, I'll go try it right now.

Thanks, Cathy
1979 green Rocco
1987 green with jealousy 16V
etc.



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