<VV> NO SPARK AT COIL - WEEKEND UPDATE...

[Rod Murray]

Thx Dave. Would this issue also be why gen light is on?

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On Jun 25, 2012, at 2:34 PM, Dave Keillor <dkeillor at tconcepts.com> wrote:

> The negative wire on the coil does not go directly to ground but to the
> points in the distributor.  The points periodically supply the ground as
> the distributor rotates.  The negative also supplies the tach signal (the
> negative side of the coil pulses as the points ground and unground the
> connection).  If your tach wire is grounded somewhere, it will act as a
> kill switch.
> 
> Dave Keillor
> 
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 11:40 AM, rod murray <rmurray8996 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> the good news...the car is running!!!!!  big props to dave for getting me
>> to this point...however, i'm not out of the woods yet....
>> 
>> the bad news...
>> 1)  trouble-shooting has isolated part of the problem at the negative wire
>> to the coil.  for some reason, it is acting as a "kill" wire...ie, the car
>> starts/runs only when this wire is removed from the coil.
>> 2)  when above wire is removed from coil, engine runs but the "gen" light
>> is on, and the battery does not show any increase in voltage (per dave, V
>> at battery should be up closer to 15V while running to indicate battery is
>> charging).  i swapped out a fresh alternator from the rebuilt van engine
>> thinking this could be an internal voltage regulator issue, but showed no
>> change.
>> 
>> at this point, original flamethrower II coil and pertronix e-points are
>> both re-installed, replacement e-fuel pump is pumping, coil ground wire is
>> disconnected, engine runs, gen light is on, and battery shows 12V whether
>> ignition is on or off...
>> 
>> next up is to trace the ground wire "kill" and gen light issues...any
>> suggestions?
>> 
>> thx all! and especially you dave!
>> 
>> - rod
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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