i went to start my car today and all it would do is turn over. i can hear the fuel pump, so i assumed its no spark. well its not getting any spark. i took the distributor cap off. the dizzy is getting power where the wiring is attached(green circle in pic) but i dont think its getting any further than that. should it be corroded where its circled in red? could that be the problem? if so what can i do besides buy a new dizzy which is gonna be almost $300

 

i think i see the problem. the contact spring on your coil is missing, it should be where the red circle is

 

stick your finger or a screwdriver in the hole where the red circle is and have someone crank the engine. if it shocks the begeezus out of you, then that spring is the problem, if not, then its probably the ICM (the thing the wires are screwed to in the green circle) or possible the coil. honestly though, none of those parts are cheap (except the spring) and if its the coil or the ICM, just throw in a new dizzy, since other stuff will probably follow suit and break in the impending months.

 

could i stick a tes light in there instead? would it light up when i tried to start the car?

 

yeah, i wouldn't try to shock myself over it, maybe a high amp meter if you have one as another option

 

well as for the spring there wasnt one in there when i took the cap off so it has been running without one since i've owned the car(3 months)

 

that's your problem right there... you need the spring... if the dizzy is not ruined already, the spring should fix your problem

 

where can i pick up a spring? are they all the same? i can prolly come up with an old dizzy somewhere

 

junkyard... or you can replace the coil...it should come with a spring but i would try spring only...

if you have a multimeter you can start measuring stuff to confirm that all the parts in the dizzy are up to par

 

i'm pretty sur mine is the coil now. i'm gonna replace it tomorrow and see if that helps

 

why don't you just use an easy out for screw heads?or drill it out

 

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yeah, that coil is probably fukt, if not it's gonna go sooner or later

 

has to be coil..had the same prob..good thing i had an extra dizzy, switched out the coil and car started like a champ

 

do you have a mech. buddy to drill it out instead of spending $200? ****, i'd do it

 

and replace the rotor, that contact looks burnt

 

or clean it with a wire brush

 

yeah, that sux

 

 

What I did was I went to a mechanic down the street and asked him if he had any extra contact springs. He had a dizzy laying around and gave it to me. If your car had been running before the spring was there. You probably dropped it when you pulled the cap off. I would be willing to bet your coil is bad. I got a used coil for mine. Started right up.