no spark!
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no spark!
we have changed the tci unit, dizy and hall sender and coil
we have checked for breaks in the wires and cannot seem to find any
also all wired up correctly, after checking and checking again
any help possible would be greatful
thanks alot jack
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we have checked that
there is power getting to them
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and may check that haynes out
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and its had a new dizzy cap
but if it aint sparking from the coil its not going to be the cap
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its cleaned up and sat ion the block and we put a wire from the tab on the side to a rocker cover bolt
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found a plug under my dash that has green and white wire that goes into the engine loom and if im correct green and white wires go to the TCI, hall sender and a sensor on the inlet
anyways its a white plug with them off set pins
from one of the pins it currently has 2 green and white wires coming out and the other pin has 2 red and black wires coming out
currently to the black and red wires there is a red wire from a black plug with and other red wire that come out the same end
not great at explainign things anyways
provided some pictures to see if you can help me out
not the best as it was going dark but tryed to give you the directing with my paint skills
any help would be greatful
first picture of the white plugs
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second of the black plug with the red wires
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cheers jack
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Have you checked the tci unit earth is good on the battery?
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so as a check list
1: The TCI unit has 12v + and 12v -
2: The coil has 12v+ and is well connected to the chassis, also that the engine earth is adequate, if the starter works you are pretty much there!
3: The TCI unit has a good 12v - to the battery (separate 1.5mm wire, easy to find on battery terminal)
4: The coil resistance has been checked and has a circuit
5: The wires to the hall sensor are showing good continuity readings
6: The hall sensor works
7: mmmm not much left other than, does the distributor shaft actually turn when the engine is cranking?
have you tried a permanent feed from the battery straight to the coil + terminal? is worth ruling out a poor circuit in the ignition switch circuits
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