<VV> No spark issue - Need Recommendation for system check

[Dave Thompson]

When you re-installed the coil wire did you feel the "click" of the wire
snapping into the cap and coil? I removed my coil wire the other day and
didn't reseat it well enough. I couldn't start the engine either. I fiddled
with the wire and heard/felt the "click" and all was well. Try it; it is an
easy mistake to make. As you are pushing the wire into the socket, squeeze
the boot to let the air out. It seems to work better for me.

Dave Thompson
Westminster, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Cobb [mailto:themoose at bellsouth.net] 
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 6:28 AM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> No spark issue - Need Recommendation for system check

Over last weekend, I changed the oil in my 1966 110/PG.

I started the car to get the oil warmed up.  Ran just fine.

Started changing the oil.  I had read in the recent Communique "Pull the
coil wire and ground it to the engine - crank the car to pump out the
cooler/oil filter."  I figured I would give that a try.  Pulled coil wire -
cranked car for 10 sec.

Afterward, everything seemed normal.  Dirty oil out - Clean oil in/new
filter.  Reattached coil wire and tried to start car.

Not sure what happened, but car will not start now.  It just cranks.  I can
smell fuel, so fuel isn't the issue.  I checked for spark, and there does
not appear to be a spark.

I have tried to check everything I can, but of course, there's always
something that can be missed.

WHAT DO YOU FOLKS RECOMMEND AS A CHECKLIST?

Mike in Atlanta