Will a bad trailng ignitor make the engine miss at high rpms (i mean 5000 and above)? I mean miss real bad. Also it misses at when it has very little load on the engine. I runs fine though when i just accelerate normaly just as long as I keep a some load on the engine and under 5 grand. Anybody have any ideas? I did pull out the trailing plugs and they were real black. The leading ones looked fine.

 

Yes, the tach will go dead in later models, is it 82 and up??, and it shouldn't even idle very well...

 

the car is a 79 and I did the 84 distributor upgrade to it. And no it doesnt idle very well at all.

 

If it was idling fine, and had power, and then just suddenly lost all its power and wouldn't idle very well on top of that, you are most almost assuredly looking at a trailing ignitor failure.

How's that for a run-on sentence??

 

Its a very good run-on sentence. Now I have to find a nice cheap ignitor in a city the is dry of rx7's of any kind.

 

Where are you at that you cant find any cars? I find them all over in western NC.

 

In jacksonville NC the eastern side. I am the only first gen in this city. I have only seen one other one in the 4 years I have been here. I will try and call around monday and see what people have to offer.

 

Pull one of your plug wires put a spare plug in it and turn the car over. no spark and you know for sure.

Make sure you ground the plug. and dont touch the plug unless you like shocking experences.

 

I have done that and no spark to be found. I guess I will be on the hunt for a new ignitor now.

 

I could sell you one. It will be friday before I could pull one. But I could mail it on saturday. $25 plus shipping or $30 shipped. It was pulled from a running Car.

There is a guy in the for sale section that always has parts also. He is out your way. I think the name was Wam.

did you make sure it is not the Coil? Swap the connectors from the Leading to the trailing Ignator and see if the problem changes sides.

 

The coils are brand new, I changed them when I did the swap. But I will go check to make sure its not bad, I dont want to buy things I dont have too.

 

Nope just went and checked them and they both work fine. I wish it would have been the coil, that is alot easier fix.

 

What's the latest...and FYI...ignitors are a $20 item amongst friends or Forum members, TOPS...it'll take all of $3 to send it USPS, as well...

 

I have found two of them for 50 bucks. I dont know when he will send them though. I should be working by next weekend. For now I can put on my 48IDA that I have bought and try to rig it up.

 

mar3

why dont you sell him a set then? He posted a add in the sale section and I am the only one who replyed. I am not trying to be an *** I just think they are worth $25. I even pulled them off my spare working Dizzy to help out a forum member.



1rx7owner

I got your payment and have them boxed. Will put them in the mail in the morning. You should have them monday or tuesday.

 

And I thank you for it.

 

Ha ha! Rippin' off a Forum member....very nice...to answer your question, I don't go to that section often, so I never saw it....

 

Before you buy anything make sure that your battery terminals are tight and that you have no loose ground wires. Loose cables on your battery will cause your trailing/tach to stop working.

 

The tach never quit working. I did put a new ignitor on there and it runs like a champ now. Thanks everyone for all your help.