Okay, I re-wired the whole car, I got fuel, i got compression, but I'm not getting spark. What do I check, and how do I check it to pinpoint the problem? Here's a few pics, maybe I connected something wrong like a dumbass or something, lol

 

Yes, I will be covering all the wires up nice and pretty when its done, so dont bitch at me about loose wires everywhere


And that black wire thats hangin out next to the brake reservoir is to the starter, I havent wired it up to the push button starter yet

 

awww.. no more pull starter :[

 

Check to see if you have power to the coils first (if you haven't already) If no power check fuses. If you have power I'd assume bad ignitors, but wouldn't be a fat chance to have both go out at the same time. My guess, you have no power to the coils, just check the coil first and work your way to the fuse box. OH, check to be sure you have good ground. I don't know if anyone was paying attention but I have been rewiring my car too, I'm done now, but nothing had good voltage, I found I forgot to hook up the MAIN ground. Good Luck and have fun.

 

Yeah check and see if the alt is grounded. Wait you have no battery? Is the key in the ON position when you are trying to start it? How the hell are you starting it anyways?

 

What's that one wire coming off the distributor for? It's not a ground wire is it? The dist gets its ground from the engine, right?
Man, if you went to all that work, you might as well have gone to DLIDFIS...

 

Anyone got a good ignition schematic around, BTW?

 

I have the battery and starter and everything now. The starter works, but the battery is utterly dead, I'll need to grab a new one. I got it to crank with jumper cables, but I'm not gettin spark, so i asked the question

My damn electrical tester thing broke, so i dunno how to test the wires, heh...



Oh, and there is no fuse box any more, lol.

 

oh, and for the pull starter, once the car starts and runs, I will attempt to start it using the pull starter just to see if its possible.

 

no fuse box?

Baaaaaaaad idea.....

 

ITS AAALIVE!!!!! WOOHOOO!!! SHE RUNS!!!

 

ITS AAALIVE!!!!! WOOHOOO!!! SHE RUNS!!!

I figured out I had a bad connection Fixed it, jumpstarted her, and she ran for about 5 minutes til she stalled

 

Tried pullstarting, and you simply cannot get her spinning fast enough to start. Unfortunately I'm scrapping the idea.

 

yep, going to have to agree 110% No fuse box means you'll be stranded on the road with a handful of burnt wires. With my rewire I kept the box, it actually made it easier IMO.

 

your damn lucky it dont catch on fire...

 

I could install some in-line fuses... i guess, lol I tried to make sure that when in doubt, I went bigger than nessesary gauge wire, to prevent these problems.

 

yeah, I'd either have re-wired the original box, or gone with something more tasteful (aftermarket box perhaps)