bugman1973

the computer has power the coils have power. my question is why would the coils have power and the distributer would not have power and could i take the distributer out of my old 12a engine that works on that engine will it work on the 13b 6 port out of a gsl-se

bugman1973

what would keep the motor from getting spark i tested some stuff to see how many volts it was getting the coils both have around 12 volts what do i do. its got new cap and rotor on the distributer no power while getting the engine to try to start. what do youll think

mazdaverx713b

iTrader: (91)

have you tested the ignitors or checked to see if they are hooked up properly?

bugman1973

the ignitors are the little clips on the side right? if so they are getting power and are on the right positions. do these things have points or do i have to replace the hole unit?

mazdaverx713b

iTrader: (91)

if an ignitor is bad, you'll get no spark on either both leading or bot trailing plugs. you can test the ignitors seperatly if you wish. if you would like i can post a pic from teh fsm explaining how to test each ignitor.

bugman1973

that would be great. hope fully i can get it fixed tomorrow morning i have a local rx7 guru coming over to help. hopefully he can tell me what to do. but some pics and fsm stuff would be great

GavinJuice

simple visual test: your trailing ignitor is in series with your tach, so you tach should bounce when you crank the engine over. If it doesn't you have a problem. Now that only covers your trailing ignitor, so you can swap ignitors to verify both, or just ground a sparkplug to the shock tower and see what doesn't have spark. Top 2 plugs are Trailing, Lower two are Leading.

bugman1973

thank GOD for local rx7 freaks that just happen to have the same motor as you're trying to put in your car. it was running for about 5 seconds on starter fluid (ether). which is good now i need to get fuel to the engine. thanks for all your help hopefully ill get a video of me starting it so youll can see how far it has come

mazdaverx713b

iTrader: (91)

if you aren't getting fuel you may want to check and see if you have a ground thats not been grounded. i performed the same swap you are doing and had the engine running on ether and couldnt figure out why i wasnt getting gas. i would get gas to the engine but the injectors wouldnt spray the fuel into the engine. there was a ground that used a bolt to ground itself to the intake manifold. i remember it was just a one wire flat circular connector(much like a washer).