cincy and ignition problem

[type53 at gmail.com (Drew Mac)]

On 4/20/05, C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:

> My "first drive" in the headache this spring got me just clear of the
> garage door, and then it died. But there had been a few issues with wonky
> starting prior to that. In my case, I'd replaced the coil some time back,
> and had wired it after installing it on the firewall, needing quite a bit
> of force to seat the lower plug. Turns out the spacing on the two prongs
> there (on the new coil) was wrong (too narrow) so the plug didn't seat
> correctly. Cleaned and installed a different set of prongs, and that solved
> it. So don't rule out odd connections on the coil.

Along the lines of what Cathy's talking about, most CIS cars have a
wire running from the solonoid to the ignition coil to insure good
voltage to the coil when cranking.  You may wish to check that yours
isn't missing, broken, or otherwise not functioning as advertised.

Drew


> 
> And check that there IS a ground strap to the tranny from the frame. Try
> jumpering that contact and see if she fires up. That will mimic a bad
> ignition switch.
> 
> Cathy
> 
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