Don't have car or tech manual at office, so don't quote me on wire colors: Line into coil (+) should be 8-10 volts. Full 12 volts would eventually barbeque ignition module, but is OK to jump temporarily to start car. That's whole purpose of resistor network and start relay. Can't remember exactly how much lower, but coil ground (-) is less than input. Remember that it's still hot at this point (actual ground inside ignition module). Use Ohm setting on meter to test coil itself. Bosch is some fantastic number in the thousands (9,000?). My Pertronix is 1.5 I think. Test for HT with timing light on coil output, or old fashioned gound to block test (that one still scares me. Shocked ever living mess out of myself once. Have no desire to do twice). If your voltages are correct, coil is good, but no HT, ignition module may be bad OR MAY HAVE LOST GROUND. Before declaring module hopeless, run temporary known good ground. All 5 of my Lincolns have new ground wires due to design flaw. DeLo may be comparable. Remember: it IS a plastic car... Oh, you could have distributor problem. Make sure sensor wire to ignition module plugged in. Don't know how many volts it carries, but should see some sort of reading if you pierce insulation. Didn't forget to put rotor button back in? Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Travis Goodwin <tgoodwin@xxxx> wrote: > No spark = no start. > > I traced it back to the coil. I tried a new one just to be sure but it was > fruitless. Then I checked all the fuses. Everything's ok. > > When I go to start the car I am assuming I should have 12V across the coil, > which I do not at the moment. I checked voltage on the right side. The > voltage from the resistor is ok and I have continuity and ground to the > capacitor. The trouble seems to be on the left side. I've got nothing coming > from the White/Slate wire that leads to the ignition control behind the > driver's seat. > > What are the conditions required to get power to that side of the coil? > Maybe I'm misunderstanding something altogether. Can anyone shed some light > on this puzzler? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=245454.3656312.4921743.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1457554/R=0/SIG=11c6fnta2/*http://ipunda.com/clk/beibunmaisuiyui wabei> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=245454.3656312.4921743.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1457554/rand=382947420> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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