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trouble shooting no spark, heres what I got so far:

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Old May 3, 2006 | 02:16 PM
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trouble shooting no spark, heres what I got so far:

no spark on either leading or trailing coils

12v to both coils b/w wires

12v from ignitors

tach not working (trailing)

what miffs me is both trailing and leading are not firing.

any takers?
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Old May 3, 2006 | 03:24 PM
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Check your distributor cap and rotor?
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Old May 3, 2006 | 03:35 PM
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no spark out of the coils, this is before the cap and rotor. thanks though!
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Old May 3, 2006 | 03:36 PM
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Ignitor, or both of them, odd for both to fail at one time.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Richard Miller
no spark out of the coils, this is before the cap and rotor. thanks though!
The only thing common to both the leading and trailing ignition is the cap and rotor. I would double check that.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 04:17 PM
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Oh wait, there's a condensor too!
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