well my car wont start today so i pulled the plugs and im getting no spark. i took dizzy cap off and cleaned the contacts it and the rotor still no spark.

is there anyway to test if my dizzy is dead or if its just the coil? i already have the coil pulled out

thanks alot for any advice

 

Check the resistance in the coil, I think it should be like 75ohms,but I could be mistaken, The factory service manual has the correct procedure and reading. It could also be a bad igniter. I have seen those go bad all of the time.

 

/ttt

been out of town and car still is busted, i have a volt metter but im not sure what to test.

any help would be wonderfull


Modified by oMekoneDC2 at 9:26 AM 1/21/2005

 

I had the same problem and I'm 100% sure that it is the ignition coil because I also had no spark and it wouldn't start but like I said I'm 100% sure.

 

You need to use an ohm meter and check the resistance across the primary and secondary connections. The specs should be:

Primary winding resistance
0.6-0.8 ohms

Secondary winding resistance
12.8K- 19.2K ohms

 

well if it is ur coil get a MSD cap that is moddified for an external coil for better than stock ignition and it wont cost u over 100 bucks

 

which msd coil would i need? and i just need the coil and the msd cap?

 

you can get the cap from places on the net, iv seen them online and it comes with the extra coil wire to connect coil to dizzy. Im not sure about the coil u would need since diff ignition systems have diff resistors and things in them but in my mazda i had i used a 8404 Blaster2 coil and it worked fine. Hopefully someone will post that knows more about it

 

i just bought a autozone coil started right up, thanks guys


Modified by oMekoneDC2 at 10:01 PM 1/22/2005