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Old 04-10-2006, 05:38 AM
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well frist off its my girls eg hatch with a y8 turbo and last nite as we were cranking it up the ground wire from the body to the tranny started sparking! i double checked all the grounds the are fine! i dunno im at a lose and im at work and bored so hopefully some one has had this problem before ??? anyone know whats going on????
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sounds like that ground has a weak connection. make sure the paint is scraped off under the connection, and make sure the ground is on tight.
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yeah took it off and grind on it a little bit and it sparked again, also its not geting any spark to the spark plug wires
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bump theres gotta be some one whos came across this
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Default Re: ground wire sparking!!!!!!!! (zeroracerh)

Where exactly is it arcing ("sparking")? From what point to what point? If it close to the ends and it is arcing over to the tranny it could be not only the connection from the terminal point to the tranny but also how the wire is terminated. That is the connection from the wire to that little washer crimp thingy that is attached to the wire. Check that out.


This thing, well should kinda look like that. If the wire is does not have a good crimp to this thing then it will have to arc past it. You may just need a new ground wire(s). They are cheap or if you know what you are doing you can make up some new ones or try to solder the old one.

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mostly if it sparked and you dont have spark in yer wires check yer coil its probly bad
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ground the tranny


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Default Re: ground wire sparking!!!!!!!! (zeroracerh)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by zeroracerh &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah took it off and grind on it a little bit and it sparked again, also its not geting any spark to the spark plug wires </TD></TR></TABLE>

It's because that's the ground to the Dizzy. Make sure it's connected snug or else it'll spark. It should be connected to the tranny, my tranny didn't come with the place to put it so I rigged something up.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by old man neri &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Where exactly is it arcing ("sparking")? From what point to what point? If it close to the ends and it is arcing over to the tranny it could be not only the connection from the terminal point to the tranny but also how the wire is terminated. That is the connection from the wire to that little washer crimp thingy that is attached to the wire. Check that out.


This thing, well should kinda look like that. If the wire is does not have a good crimp to this thing then it will have to arc past it. You may just need a new ground wire(s). They are cheap or if you know what you are doing you can make up some new ones or try to solder the old one.

Get back to me,
Cheers.</TD></TR></TABLE>
I ll get a new ground and go from there! thanks
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Default Re: ground wire sparking!!!!!!!! (zeroracerh)

well fixed the sparking the bolt was striped! so i replaced that but still no spark going to the wires???
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anyone know why im not geting any spark now?
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Probably an ignition coil...break out your repair manual and find the specs and test the coil.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .ken &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Probably an ignition coil...break out your repair manual and find the specs and test the coil.</TD></TR></TABLE>

tested the coil and its fine! what next?
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Default Re: ground wire sparking!!!!!!!! (zeroracerh)

How did you test for spark? It's either bad plugs, bad wires, coil, or cap.

Is it getting fuel?
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yeah its geting fuel cuz i could smell it! the rotor is pretty bad so ill replace that and the im gonna try some diffrent wires and cap! hopefully that works
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bump
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Default Re: ground wire sparking!!!!!!!! (zeroracerh)

well i tested the ecu and it works so anyone have any ideas of what to try next?
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put a new rotor plugs wires and coil and still not geting any spark??? wtf somone has got to know??????
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