S1 JOHN

My bro has no spark on his series 1 it was bought as a non runner but when we looked round the car i managed to get the fuel coming through and there was a spark there

But now its home in the garage its lost its spark heres what we have tried dizzy , ecu , coil all from a running car no luck tried the green wire to the coil not broken its working fine so im stumped


i hate problems like this im still tryin to get the 3i cab we bought at the same time running its driving me fooking crazy

cuvner

battery terminals, they have to be free from corrosion, give um a gd scrub!! the coil needs good earth!! the strap around the coil earths the coil too thaT needs to be free from corrosion! if you pull the lead off a plug and hold near side of engine(with insulated pliers)and turn over couple of times is there a spark?

DazC

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The coil should not be earthed. The coil is earthed by the ECU to create the spark when the spark is needed....

Make sure the wires from the distributor to the ECU are continuous. Also make sure the black wire on the coil has an ignition live feed to it...

cuvner

ahhhh , thought as well as the switched earth which obviously creates the spark when needed, you also had to have the outside of it earthed, just that when i made a flamer kit the coil wouldnt actually charge up unless the outside of it was earthed! But this had no effect on the switched earth which created the spark!!

Hatch

got the right yellow relay fitted behind the heater box and actuator connected

gavintwopies

sounds like a dodgy phase sensor in the dizzy cap ensure that the inside of the dizzy is free of oil as this can cause false readings and cause the ignition system to fail altogether.

S1 JOHN

sorted

AJC

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i see the problem here, you not turning key properly,

sorry mate, i dont know where that came from, glad ya got it running

DazC

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What was it John?

S1 JOHN

it was a dodgy fuel tank rotten inside petrol came out looking like iron bru


got the other on running last night aswell there was an earth wire missing going to the battery

DazC

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AJC

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