well i was doin a skid last nite then my car cut out now wont spark. i put a new coil on and it still doesnt spark any ideas?

Did you use a toilet brush to wipe the skid from the bowl? :jamie:

Did you use a toilet brush to wipe the skid from the bowl? :jamie:

thats a real big help cocksuker

is it your points?

is it your points?

 

 

Check vacuum hoses too... I was doing reversies in a ford laser when i was younger and a vacuum hose popped off some how, engine cut out and i spent ages trying to figure wtf happened only to find a loose vacuum hose. plugged it on and it started up again

Where doesn't it spark??

 

Do you have power to the coil?

 

Do you have power to the points?

 

So if you turn the motor by hand with the ignition on and the dizzy cap off can you see the spark when they open?

 

Either a wire fell off, or its broken inside its insulation.

Check the little wire inside the dizzy from the points to the nut where the coil wire attaches. Had one break in a Ford Anglia under the same circumstances. Cheers.

Aha! So you used to be hoon in your Fordangle did you?? Ripping it up with tyres squealing and cornering on the door handles... :jamie:

Mate, I just couldn`t help myself. When you`ve got the powaaaa ya just gotta use it.

 

Actually it was a 61 notch back anglia that I slotted a 1500 cortina into. Had head, cam extractors and quad honda 750 carbs and used to go really well. Stopping and body roll was just a bonus.

Cheers.

threres power to the coil but no spark coming out the lead!

quad honda 750 carbs

 

OMG!! Lookout! Ruunnnn....

 

Chin which lead do you mean?? The high-voltage lead from the coil to the dizzy or the low-voltage lead from the coil to the dizzy??

 

Turn on the ignition, take off the dizzy cap and open the points with a flatblade screwdriver a couple of times. You should see a spark. Let us know.

Chin, open the dizzy cap and get someone to hit the starter and see if the contacts of the points open and close. If you have trouble i can always drive down and help you, if it comes to that.

thats a real big help cocksuker

 

nice :hmm: :blush: :( :|

Did you use a toilet brush to wipe the skid from the bowl? :hmm:

 

hehe i actually laughed out aloud when i read that.

 

 

Turn on the ignition, take off the dizzy cap and open the points with a flatblade screwdriver a couple of times. You should see a spark. Let us know.

 

just becareful doing this, i used an allen key to do this last time, got a nasty shock from the coil! my hand/arm was not the same for the next few hours!

 

(note, don't try and adjust the points when the IGN is on)

 

make sure you use something insulated!!!

 

also make sure you havent got any moisture inside the dizzy cap, was it raining when you were doing a skid

Edited September 1, 201016 yr by ke70dave

i used an allen key to do this last time

 

:hmm:

 

Ah, love it!! Non-fatal education is a wonderful thing!! (fatal education really makes sure you never repeat your mistakes!)