ok so i was trying to make sure my timing was right. i connected the timing light and adjusted according to the haynes manuel that i bought. as most of you know when checking the timing you have to check both primary and seconday wires.

thats when i stumble across the fact that the coil pack for the oil ignights were sparking but it wasnt sending it through the wires. i know it cant be the wires for two reasons.

1. there new wires
2. if i pushed them in onto the coil pack they sparked

why wont the wires stay connected fully

 

I can answer about why it wont pick up but allot of timing lights have a hard timing picking up different types or wires on a 7. For instance there is only once spot on my L wires that I can pick up a signal and I can get a signal everywhere on my leading wires "I have 2 different wires". Another user is unable to grab a signal from his aftermarket wires. I am sure someone on here can come up with an answer but I think it is the lights being used.

Wasn’t this thread about smoking???

 

on the lead wire it picks up anywhere on the wire but the trailing dosnt unless i try to smah the wire into the coil pack

 

Weird...

Can you really confirmed it was sparking, or you just mention it cause the timing gun started to fire?

Typically, I pull the boot off the spark plugs to get the timing gun to fire.
The longer gap seems to cause the coil to fire a stronger signal so that the timing gun can trigger consistently.


-Ted