Ignition problem...out of ideas...
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Ignition problem...out of ideas...
My trailing coils won't fire, i was told it was the ignitor, but i tested it and it seems to work, what else could it be?
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I had an ignition problem where I'm sure the contacts inside the distributor were broken somehow. After replacing a failing ignitor it still didn't work, so I eventually swapped the whole distributor with one from my spare engine. I figured that maybe the wires leading to those contact points (the red and green ones) were failing and this also caused my ignitor failure. I never had proof but that was all that was left after I checked/replaced the ignitors and coils and once I swappped the whole mechanism the problem went away.
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ok, swithced the coils and ignitors, and now it seems to work...weird...cant replace distributor, its stuck to the block and there is no chance of removing it or changing the timing....
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I had a problem on mine with a bad magnetic pickup.
Remove the dizzy cap, rotor, and the metal plate under the rotor and you'll see the two white magnetic pickups... There's a little 4 pointed deal that spins right near them... Pass a flat head screwdriver right by the front of one of the pickups with the key on and it should create a spark. (It's how that 4 pointed thingy works.)
Remove the dizzy cap, rotor, and the metal plate under the rotor and you'll see the two white magnetic pickups... There's a little 4 pointed deal that spins right near them... Pass a flat head screwdriver right by the front of one of the pickups with the key on and it should create a spark. (It's how that 4 pointed thingy works.)
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